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Example 1

The example shows a typical North Foehn situation in the region of the Alps. The substructure in the frontal cloud band caused by a Foehn process consists of a lower cloud field North of the Alps representing Barrage Cloud, a cloud free wedge in the mountains and a bright high cloud with a sharp edge at or immediately south of the Alps representing high lee cloud.

Example 2

The second example shows a typical South Foehn situation again over the Alps. The substructure in the frontal cloud band caused by a Foehn process consists of a lower cloud field South of the Alps representing Barrage Cloud, a cloud free wedge in the mountains and a bright high cloud with a sharp edge at or immediately north of the Alps representing high lee cloud.

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