Abstract:A category of dynamically forced warm-season heat events are associated with Chinook (or foehn) flows in the vicinity of substantial topography. Latent warming of such flows exhibits exponential dependence on temperature, which for warm-season events, can result in extreme heat. The June 2021 Western North American heatwave event featured air trajectories that experienced latent warming over the Gulf of Alaska and during orographic ascent in coastal regions of Southeast Alaska. Thermodynamic analysis of air t… Show more
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