Chinook Winds

It was in the 60's yesterday, the result of "Chinook Winds".  Didn't know the derivation of that term so like a good Librarian, I did my research.  According to Wikipedia "Chinook is a Pacific Northwest Indian word meaning 'snow-eater'."  It is interesting that there are weather terms that are exclusive to different areas to the county.  Nor'easters, and Clippers are two other regional terms that come to mind, but they are both bad weather events. 

The Chinook Winds made it quite pleasant to remove the outside Christmas decorations.  None of my neighbors took advantage of the warmth and today we are getting snow.  But this is Denver, all snow melts in a day or two (or so they tell me).