110 mph winds, sparked multiple fires. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA-VfPrpNc8
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110 mph winds, sparked multiple fires. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA-VfPrpNc8
Yeah I have no idea about when something would technically qualify as a chinook or not.. but like you mentioned, I imagine it's a similar physics explanation for most downhill winds.
Now looking at this thing now - this looks pretty much exactly like the downhill acceleration described for sure:
https://www.ventusky.com/?p=40.06;-105.01;8&l=wind-10m
It seems sometimes the warming effect is at the lower end (as mentioned in your link more like 20 deg) and sometimes at the higher end. I really am not sure what drives that difference. I.e. sometimes we get snow one day then the next a chinook wind that's like 55 deg or something and the snow just vanishes.