Found inside – Page 30May was a changeable month as to temperature , especially east of the Rocky Mountains . The first week was mainly warm , save in the cotton States and New ... Found inside – Page 206In the cold season the weather in the Rocky Mountain region is conditioned largely by the eastward movement in latitude of cyclones and anticyclones . Found insideOver much of the country east of the Rocky Mountains unusually warm weather has been almost continuous during the present year and over considerable areas ... Found insideFRUIT Ileavy precipitation in portions of the Rocky Mountain section seriThere was sufficient moisture for the growth of pastures , fall grains , ously interfered with picking fruit , while the hard freeze caused heavy and late truck crops , except in ... Found inside – Page 41Along the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains in winter , with a temperature below zero and the ground covered with snow , a peculiar mourning or whistling ... Found inside – Page 53High mountain valleys mark sites where glaciers dominated the landscape during the ... 2.3 CLIMATE AND WEATHER OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS It is difficult to ... Found inside – Page 19Soil temperature extremes and fluctuations, either over a few days time or overnight ... In the Rocky Mountain region, cool-season plants thrive from March ... Found inside – Page 147They had a few frosty nights , but saw no ice , and the weather continued so warm that they were obliged to smoke their ... A remarkable characteristic of the country west of the Rocky Mountains , is the mildness and equability of the climate . Found inside – Page 162At sunrise the temperature was 43 ° . I rode up to the fort , and purchased from Mr. Grant ( the officer in charge of the post ) several very indifferent ... Found insideNorthern Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (Missoula, Mont.) ... 1922 Weather records at lookout stations in northern Idaho . Jour . Found inside – Page viPAGE tional Feelings - Our Dinner - table - Get a Present of a fine Dog - Evening Assembly - Arrangements for the Future - Start again for Gold Creek Richness of the Diggings there - Change of Weather - Indian Attack - Provisions run low ... Found inside – Page 87A robust mountain-plain circulation, forced by the diurnal cycle of solar heating and longwave cooling, is a key feature of flows around the Rocky Mountains ... Found inside – Page 262Wild mountain weather The mountain itself isso big it influences local weather. Weather fronts from the Pacific coast and Great Plains often collide around ... Found inside – Page 199This causes the temperature inversion typical of mountain valleys in sunny weather . Air temperature has a great effect on snow accumulation . In weather constantly below freezing , all the snow that falls accumulates . Or , a warm Chinook ... Found inside – Page 15Weather The weather at Rocky Mountain National Park can change quickly . Sudden afternoon thunderstorms often occur . High in the mountains , snow can fall ... Found inside – Page 9High mountain weather can and does change rapidly and severely. Some of the most violent weather occurs after clear blue-sky mornings with no hint of rain ... Found inside – Page 6Beneficial rains fell during the week over much of Ranges were much improved by rains in the Rocky Mountain and Pla- the Great Plains area , the northern ... Found inside – Page 147They had a few frosty nights , but saw no ice , and the weather continued so warm that they were obliged to smoke their ... A remarkable characteristic of the country west of the Rocky Mountains , is the mildness and equability of the climate . This book provides a comprehensive text describing and explaining mountain weather and climate processes. Found inside – Page 10Considerable replanting in most northern districts east of the Rocky Mountains , with some but high in California . By Thursday morning cool weather ... Found inside – Page 530In nearly all districts east of the Rocky Mountains the weather was decidedly cold and for the most part dry , although New England and portions of the ... Found insideRocky. Mountain. Weather. Colorado. boasts over 300 days of sunshine per year, but weather in the mountains can be highly unpredictable. Found inside – Page 198Furthermore , all the mountains lie on the far western side of the continent except ... The Rocky Mountain system forms the backbone of that portion of the ... Found inside – Page 190The temperature in a HIGH is a most important factor, and if it is unusually low as the HIGH ... Frosts in Rocky Mountain region and adjoining sections. Found inside – Page 2740The Structure and Evolution of a Simulated Rocky Mountain Lee Trough W. JAMES STEENBURGH AND CLIFFORD F. Mass Department of Atmospheric Sciences ... Found inside – Page 44Ô Temperature ( °F . ) Clouds 8 Humidity 8. One of the strangest winds is the foehn , a hot , dry wintertime blast that blows down the slopes of many of the world ' s iciest mountains . Foehns , which include the Rocky Mountain chinook , begin ... Found inside – Page 57The tendency to form low areas in the Rocky Mountain region , sometimes quite free from precipitation , is increased , the sporadic character of the rains ... Found inside – Page 11This same lack of heat - holding also accounts for the large diurnal temperature changes experienced in the mountains . Because the clear mountain air has ... Found inside – Page 9Temperatures rose in the northern Rocky Mountains , but continued to average well below normal in the Great Plains , keeping spring wheat development ... Found inside – Page 3Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (Fort Collins, Colo.) ... to aspen temperature in the Southern Rocky Mountains , and ( 2 ) the temperature ... Found inside – Page 162At sunrise the temperature was 43 ° . I rode up to the fort , and purchased from Mr. Grant ( the officer in charge of the post ) sereral very indifferent ... Found inside – Page 49weather is determined by alternate invasions of cold Canadian air and cool Pacific air . The latter brings much snow to the western side of the park ... Found inside – Page 37... adjusted for abnormal weather conditions during the five calendar years ... taking into consideration abnormal weather conditions , the normal yield for ... Found inside – Page 3... and wind are the keys to aspen temperature in the Southern Rocky Mountains , and ( 2 ) the temperature effects of radiation and wind on aspen site index ... Found inside – Page 242During December, 1990, frigid arctic air moved south out of northern Canada into the United States west of the Rocky Mountains. Found inside – Page 22RAINWEAR High mountains create their own weather — much of it bad. Rain, sleet, snow, and gale-force winds can strike at any time. Results from recent investigations and other research are incorporated in this edition, and all relevant new literature is fully referenced. Found inside – Page 7The corn crop is much further advanced this year East of the Rocky Mountains it was warm and sunshiny , though there than last when much of it was still in ... Found inside – Page 225With a Map Showing the Location of Forest Areas on the Rocky Mountain Range United States. Forest Service. Saint Louis , the spring temperature only a ... Found inside – Page 44The weather continued warm and dry during most of the month in the districts west of the Rocky Mountains , but to the eastward a change to much colder and ... Found inside – Page 38Warm weather prevailed over almost the entire Country in the 3d week. Monthly mean temperatures were 3° to 7° above normal in the northern Rocky Mountains ... Found inside – Page 510During the last decade cool weather continued to the westward of the Rocky Mountains , especially over the Pacific coast States , while to the eastward ... Found inside – Page 5454 TEMPERATURE . CHAPTER V. Temperature of the climate - Root Diggers on horseback - An Indian guide - Mountain prospects — The Grand Rond - Difficulties on ... Found inside – Page 630Cool weather west of the Rocky Mountains was unfavorable for this crop . Weather More Favorable for Agriculture . BETTER COTTON WEATHER . Found inside – Page 124... and the Rocky Mountains . At Pincher Creek , Alberta , a Black Sea coast , in northern Scandinavia , in Novaya temperature rise of 21 ° C occurred in ... Found inside – Page 2Rocky Mt. For . and Range Exp . Stn . , Missoula , Mont . A well illustrated and descriptive discussion of fire behavior including the effect of weather ... 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