Fohn winds or local winds is a wind that falls occur when there is movement of air masses climb a mountain with a height of over 200 meters. Air masses reach the mountain peak will arise eventually condenses and rain on one side of the slope. As for the other slopes rain does not occur because of the high mountains blocked. Areas that not experienced rain called a rain shadow areas.
In the rain shadow area of the wind over the mountain will move down the slopes of the muntains at high speeds. That led to rising temperatures, because every 100 meters down the air rises 1 C. Thus wind down is hot and dry. The wind that is called fohn wind.
Fohn winds in Indonesia are as follows :
1. Bahorok (Deli Serdang, North Sumatrea)
2. Kumbang (Cirebon, West Java)
3. Gending (Pasuruan, East Java)
4. Brubu ( Makassar, South Sulawesi)
5. Wambrauw (Biak, Irian Jaya)
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