Snow eater

Japanese: snow eater(英語表記)snoweater
Snow eater

… Chinook is a dry westerly wind that blows down the eastern foothills of the Rocky Mountains. When this wind blows, the temperature rises rapidly and the snow melts, so it is also called a snow eater. Chili is a hot wind that blows from the deserts of North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula in the central and southern Mediterranean.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "snow eater" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… チヌークchinookロッキー山脈東麓に吹き降りる西風で,乾燥したフェーン風。この風が吹くと気温が急上昇し,雪が溶けるのでスノー・イーターsnow eaterともいわれる。 チリchili地中海中部・南部での北アフリカやアラビア半島の砂漠からの熱風。…

※「snow eater」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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