Most Colorado residents have heard of the term "Chinook wind": a downslope wind that can cause wind damage and lead to high ...

WDFW completes an estuary restoration project on Milltown Island, enhancing habitat for salmon and recreation.

Chinook Winds are common knowledge in Colorado. A dry, warm downslope wind. But the term originated hundreds of years ago, named after a Native American tribe.

A key factor driving this warm-up is the Chinook wind, which is common this time of year. The Chinook wind is a warm, dry wind that originates in the Pacific Northwest, moving up into the ...

This type of wind in the Rockies is known as a chinook, and it often produces rapid temperature changes, particularly in winter. Chinook winds are the result of air rising over mountain ranges.