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Nor'wester (other)
Nor'wester may refer to: * Nor'wester (New Zealand), a New Zealand wind pattern * Nor'wester (Bangladesh), a stormy weather pattern in India and Bangladesh occurring in the spring * Nor'Wester Mountains, a group of mountains in Ontario, Canada * ''Nor'wester'', a novel by Clements Ripley * ''The Nor'-westers'', a 1954 book by Ion Idriess * ''Daily Nor'Wester'', original name of the ''Winnipeg Telegram'' * ''Kalbaishakhi'', nor-westors in Kolkata; see Geography of Kolkata * Employees of the North West Company during the North American fur trade See also * Norwest (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nor'wester (New Zealand)
The nor'west arch is a band of high white lenticular cloud that forms on the eastern side of New Zealand's South Island and which looks like an arch in an otherwise clear blue sky over the Southern Alps. It is accompanied by a strong hot northwesterly or northerly wind known as a "nor'wester". In Canterbury Region, Canterbury, where it is a well known feature, it is also called the Canterbury arch. It also occurs in Otago and Marlborough District, Marlborough and east of mountain ranges along the east coast of the North Island. Closer to the Canterbury coast, some distance from the mountains of the Southern Alps, it appears as a clear area of blue above the mountains, with white cloud streaming to the east from it. The phenomenon is similar to the Chinook wind, Chinook arch seen in the Pacific regions of the United States and Canada. Formation The nor'west arch is a föhn cloud or a lenticular cloud. The northwesterly wind drives warm moist air from over the Tasman Sea, and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
