leeward"The side of a mountain, ridge, or other flow obstacle away from the large-scale or ridge- top flow direction; the downwind side; opposite of windward.
Leeward/Windward Leeward is on the side facing the direction toward which the wind is blowing. On the other hand, windward is on the side facing the direction away from the wind.
Leeward
The side of a mountain, hill or range that is sheltered from the wind. The opposite of windward.
Left Entrance Region ...
LEEWARD: Facing away from the wind.
LIDAR: Light detecting and ranging. A technique used to detect atmospheric constituents or related parameters such as atmospheric extinction coefficient.
Leeward - Situated away from the wind; downwind - opposite of windward ...
Leeward Side - The side of an object that is facing away from the direction that the wind is blowing.
Leeward
Downwind, situated away from the wind: opposite of windward.
Light air ...
Leeward: the side away from the wind. Compare windward.
Lenticular cloud: a very smooth, round or oval, lens-shaped cloud that is often seen, singly or stacked in groups, near or in the lee of a mountain ridge.
LEE/LEESIDE/LEEWARD The side of an object or obstacle, such as a ship's sail, a mountain, or a hill, furthest away from the wind, and therefore, protected from the direct force of the wind. The opposite of windward.
Lee Side or Leeward: The direction or side of an object (building, mountain, etc.) that faces away from the wind.
ChinookA Chinook is a warm, dry, gusty wind that occasionally occurs to the leeward side of a mountain range, particularly the Rocky Mountains.Cirrus cloudHigh cloud, delicate, hair-like and feathery looking.
LeewardThe side away from the wind. Compare windward.Left Exit RegionUsed interchangably with Left Front Quadrant; the area downstream from and to the left of an upper-level jet max (as would be viewed looking along the direction of flow).
Antilles CurrentA current which originates in the vicinity of the Leeward Islands as part of the Atlantic North Equatorial Current.AnvilThe flat, spreading top of a cumulonimbus cloud, often shaped like an anvil.
Leeward Facing away from the wind. Lee wave A wave disturbance in airflow due to some barrier in the flow, i.e. a hill or mountain. LIDAR Light Detecting And Ranging.
It reached hurricane strength on the 8th, and moved steadlily westward toward the Leeward Islands along the 20° parallel.
Orographic precipitation is well known on oceanic islands, such as the Hawaiian Islands, where much of the rainfall received on an island is on the windward side, and the leeward side tends to be quite dry, almost desert-like, by comparison.
The steep leeward boundary of cumuliform clouds that form on the peaks and upper windward side of the mountains appears as a vertical wall.
Rain Shadow: Areas of the leeward side of a mountain or mountain range which often receive much less rain than the windward side.
An eddy that forms near the ground on the windward or leeward side of a bluff object or steeply rising hillside; streamlines above this eddy go over the object.
Serial Derecho ...
Chinook wind Air that is adiabatically compressed as it is drawn down the leeward slope of a mountain range. As a consequence, the air is warm and dry.
Rotor cloud A turbulent cumuliform type of cloud that forms on the leeward side of large mountain ranges. The air in the cloud rotates about an axis parallel to the range.
Kona is the Polynesian word for "leeward." It is associated with a southward or a southeastward swing of the Aleutian low and the passage of a secondary depression (kona cyclone) from northwest to southeast, north of the islands.
Warm descending air on the leeward side of mountains (Chinook winds) or strong southerly winds coming from warmer latitudes can rapidly melt snow cover in the western or central plains states. These winds are sometimes referred to as snoweaters.
Downslope Flow - A thermally driven wind directed down a mountain slope. Downslope flow tends to inhibit precipitation on the leeward side of the mountain range, as is often the case in the Anchorage bowl.
Windward - Upwind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing; the opposite of leeward.
Separation EddyAn eddy that forms near the ground on the windward or leeward side of a bluff object or steeply rising hillside; streamlines above this eddy go over the object.
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