So yesterday, I slept most of the day. I was suffering from a headache, which felt more like a hangover, and I thought it was from lack of sleep. It turns I am experiencing my first föhn wind. This type of weather is thought to increase the probability of migraine headache occurrence. One author wrote: “If on a certain day you find that many people scowl at you and are unusually edgy, the phenomenon would probably be better explained in meteorological rather than in psychological terms.”
So what is a föhn wind? Thanks to wikipedia.org:
It occurs when a deep layer of prevailing wind is forced over a mountain range. As the wind moves upslope, it expands and cools, causing water vapor to precipitate out. This dehydrated air then passes over the crest and begins to move downslope. As the wind descends to lower levels on the leeward side of the mountains, the air heats as it comes under greater atmospheric pressure creating strong, gusty, warm and dry winds. Föhn winds can raise temperatures as much as 30°C (54°F) in just a matter of hours.
The name föhn (from the German Föhn, pronounced [føːn]) originated in the Alps, and central Europe enjoys a warmer climate due to them.
Other than that…Oktoberfest starts tomorrow. I will give a little background on the Festival next week.
Schönes Wochenende!
OLD COMMENT:
hey chica. paul says guten tag (sp). Gators jsut beat Tennessee. Everyone thought we were going to lose but our defense stepped up to the plate.
nova is voting on a mascot. the nsu sharks or stingrays. hmmm??? i def gave my opinion. sting rays are cute an all, but for a mascot? i told them to repeat the same mistake as the tampa bay devil rays.
Posted 9/18/2005 at 6:17 AM by pingtogo