Name the local winds

Blazeheliski · Since 30 Mar 2011 659 Posts Mosier Addicted

Saw this article on Yahoo news today talking about the different names for regional winds. For example - " BORA" - A cold, very strong, dry wind on the coast of the Adriatic Sea and northern Italy occurring when pressure is high over the Balkans and low over the Mediterranean."
http://theweek.com/article/index/260605/21-wonderful-words-for-wind

I was thinking it is time for us to band together and name some of our local winds! Maybe "cockaerels" - for the nice east winds we get near Rooster and Stevenson? I am sure there are some word smiths out there that can come up with some good wind names! Smile

ShiverMeTimbers · Since 26 Feb 2013 381 Posts Gig Harbor Obsessed

Santa Ana's are blowing here in SoCal right now. 91 degrees... time to head north!

Scriffler · Since 03 Jul 2005 581 Posts LYLE Addicted

I am pretty sure the west winds in the gorge are called zephyrs. It was also a great board company out of the gorge for a long time. Not sure if I am right but websters describes it as "a warm west wind."

Blazeheliski · Since 30 Mar 2011 659 Posts Mosier Addicted

wiki has zephyr as the Greek god of the west wind - or it is a light wind.

MikeZ · Tue Apr 29, 14 3:12 pm

At least in the winter time, the east winds in the gorge have been referred to as "Coho" winds - presumably by somebody thinking of the Chinook winds along the front range of the Rockies...

Windance Crew · Since 18 Apr 2008 473 Posts Hood River Kite Shop Obsessed

Nukin' is definitely the name most people use for a good gorge day.

Wind Slither · Since 04 Mar 2005 2623 Posts The 503 METAL

Chinook winds /ʃɪˈnʊk/, often called chinooks, commonly refers to foehn winds[1] in the interior West of North America, where the Canadian Prairies and Great Plains meet various mountain ranges, although the original usage is in reference to wet, warm coastal winds in the Pacific Northwest.[2]

Chinook is claimed by popular folk-etymology to mean "snow-eater", but it is really the name of the people in the region where the usage was first derived. The reference to a wind or weather system, simply "a Chinook", originally meant a warming wind from the ocean into the interior regions of the Pacific Northwest

Wind Slither · Since 04 Mar 2005 2623 Posts The 503 METAL

On the North Oregon Coast we get some phat Elephantas!

Elephanta A strong southerly or southeasterly wind which blows on the Malabar coast of India during the months of September and October and marks the end of the southwest monsoon.

Halfsharkalligatorhalfman · Since 17 Feb 2012 47 Posts

They call a Sauvie Island wind a tease, joke, lol, skunk, I think its coming up, or an if that wind line would just move a couple hundred yards this way. Very Happy

sromano1995 · Since 22 May 2013 240 Posts Portland Stoked

Don't we already name the wind by the size of the kite we use Smile

... Today was a nice 10m easterly at Stevenson Wink

Blazeheliski · Since 30 Mar 2011 659 Posts Mosier Addicted

I like the "Elephantas." Chinook winds to describe the steady thermals at Jones Beach in the summer?

moondog · Wed Apr 30, 14 7:01 am

Diablo winds: the term I use when kiting at Rufus and the wind clocks to the NW.
The Fan: that rare day in the corridor when the wind is 18-20 steady and sweet.

Blazeheliski · Since 30 Mar 2011 659 Posts Mosier Addicted

Now we are getting somewhere! I like the "Diablo" winds. Very descriptive for Rufus. I have kited a couple of days of "Fan" winds around Wells and Stevenson. It seems to happen more often at Jones.

moondog · Wed Apr 30, 14 12:49 pm

Yes, Wells Island has some of the best Fan days in the gorge, just cruisin around enjoying the scenery!

kitezilla · Since 22 Jun 2006 453 Posts gorge Obsessed

"Blowdryer Thermals"..... Bart V

"Big East".... Bill K

"15-to-30".... Everyone at the Sandbar

The wind that deserves special recognition is that incredibly steady 10 meter, 2 hour wind, trailing behind the slow marching wind line, that arrives on those hot August days, late in the afternoon. Those who have paddled out to Wells Is. on glassy still water, rigged kites in the dead air, and patiently waited, like highwaymen, in the sweet-spot of the river, and been rewarded by the phenomenon, think of this magical experience as a form of stealing the wind by "ambush".

Blazeheliski · Since 30 Mar 2011 659 Posts Mosier Addicted

Those are great!

jahmbi · Thu May 01, 14 11:19 am

N= NORTH......S=SOUTH..E=EAST.......W=WEST.......ECT.. Razz

TROLL