Calgary - City of Chinooks - Calgary, Alberta
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wildwoodke
N 51° 03.138 W 114° 04.196
11U E 705351 N 5659726
This manhole cover celebrates the chinooks that blow through southwestern Alberta. This chinook makes the winter season a little more tolerable for residents of Calgary, Alberta.
Waymark Code: WM49PK
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 07/26/2008
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This manhole cover according to the University of Calgary website (http://library.ucalgary.ca/subjectpages/finearts/art/xrefsforpublicart,buildings.php) was designed by Canadian Artist - Garry Williams.
This mnahole cover is found near the entrance to Prince's Island Park and the Eau Claire YMCA.
The Chinook Winds provide a welcome respite from the long winter chill. When a chinook blows into Calgary temperatures can rise from -20C to +14 in a few hours. On Jan. 11, 1983, the temperature in Calgary rose 30°C (from –17°C to 13°C) in 4 hours, and on February 7, 1964, the temperature rose 28°C (51°F°), and the humidity dropped by 43 percent.
The winds are caused by moist weather patterns, originating off the Pacific coast, cooling as they climb the western slopes, and then rapidly warming as they drop down the eastern side of the mountains. Calgarians look forward to something we call the "Idaho High", when this high pressure system causes the winds to blow across the Rockies from the west.
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