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An Alberta Chinook wind caused a 37.8 degree temp rise in 4 minutes at Pincher Creek
Chinook
 Pincher Creek, Alberta - Cool can disappear real fast when a Chinook shows up. Named for a First Nation's term for 'snow eater', it's a wind that blowns from the Pacific, gives up its moisture to rise over the Rockies, then packing warm dry air races down the eastern slopes of the mountains, shooting up the temperature on the prairies at an amazingly fast pace. The record is a 37.8 degree rise in 4 minutes on January 6, 1966, at Pincher Creek. A whole region of southern Alberta from Pincher north to the Calgary city limits, markets itself as 'Chinook Country'. Pincher Creek is in ridin', ropin' and ranglin' territory, near the British Columbia and Montana borders. It's known for its heart-tugging Cowboy Poetry Weekend held each June, and because it's the southern end of the the Cowboy Trail, a 640 km ( 400-mile) tourist route that leads past working ranches, small-town rodeos and country fairs. Photo of Kananaskis (Cowboy Trail) Courtesy of Travel Alberta.


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