fall wind

A strong, cold, downslope wind, differing from a foehn in that the initially cold air remains relatively cold despite adiabatic warming upon descent, and from the gravity wind in that it is a larger-scale phenomenon prerequiring an accumulation of cold air at high elevations.

Related terms:

• NRM wind scale
• glacier wind
• anabatic wind
• Volcanic Ash Fall
• trade-wind inversion
• fall line
• foehn phase
• kloof wind
• Ibe wind
• hurricane-force wind