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Chinook, cont
The only problem with this model is that the air is now so
much warmer that it is buoyant and does not want to return
to the surface!
In reality, in Chinook situations there is usually lower
pressure on the lee (downslope) side of the mountain
barrier and this helps to draw the air back down...
NOTE: The chinook (a thermodynamic phenomenon) is
distinct from the mountain wave (a hydrodynamic or
hydraulic phenomenon.)
The mountain wave also results in warming (for different
reasons), but usually comes with VERY HIGH damaging
winds.
In reality both Mtn Waves and the Chinook arise from the
same large-scale pressure patterns and can occur at the
same time. Most forecasters do not distinguish between the
two.
Just the opposite happens once the hillside is shaded. The surface
cools (how?) and the BL cools also, becomes negatively buoyant
and sinks, causing a downward motion, which eventually causes a
down-valley flow in the valley bottom
ROTORS
Occasionally a ROTOR will develop in the same environment that
spawns ACSL, especially if the ridge is steep and quite tall. Surviving a
rotor encounter in an aircraft is rare.