March 9 we woke up to the warm weather that accompanies a chinook.

Today's combination of sunrise with a chinook arch was one of

the most colourful I can remember.  The warm weather that

accompanies a chinook is welcome although the sudden

change in weather causes headaches in many people.

The description below is from the Chinook Wind

entry in Wikipedia

"One of the most striking features of the chinook is the chinook arch,

which is a band of stationary stratus clouds caused by air rippling over

the mountains due to orographic lifting. To those unfamiliar with

the chinook, the chinook arch may look like a threatening storm

cloud at times. However, they rarely produce rain or snow.

They can also create stunning sunrises and sunsets."

Today while taking these photos I felt a bit like an insect that

had been covered by an inverted bowl that was slowly lifting.

"My boat adrift on a vast river, heaving

water spreading into the far shores of sky,

sky's deep swells break suddenly open

and a city's ten thousand homes appear"

                 Crossing the Yellow River to

                 Clear-River District

                              Wang Wei