Articles related to "Gap Winds"
Gap Winds
Terrain interacts with the atmosphere in many ways to alter the weather. If winds push through the terrain in spots, rather than going over it, another set of wind phenomena arises, the gap winds. Gap winds are high-speed winds associated with gaps or low elevation areas in mountainous terrain, and whose direction more or less parallels the gap axis.
weather • meteorology • gap winds • topographical winds
Terrain interacts with the atmosphere in many ways to alter the weather. If winds push through the terrain in spots, rather than going over it, another set of wind phenomena arises, the gap winds. Gap winds are high-speed winds associated with gaps or low elevation areas in mountainous terrain, and whose direction more or less parallels the gap axis.
weather • meteorology • gap winds • topographical winds
The Other Side of the Mountain: Rainshadows
Mountain ranges have a major impact on moist air moving over them. On the windward side, upsloping air leads to a region of heavy precipitation near the summits. But in the descent on the ridge lee, descending air and decreased precipitation forms what we term the rainshadow.
weather • meteorology • rainshadow • mountain meteorology • mountain weather
Mountain ranges have a major impact on moist air moving over them. On the windward side, upsloping air leads to a region of heavy precipitation near the summits. But in the descent on the ridge lee, descending air and decreased precipitation forms what we term the rainshadow.
weather • meteorology • rainshadow • mountain meteorology • mountain weather
Winds of the City
Walk around any city where buildings rise more than a few stories, and you will experience areas with stronger and gustier winds than felt outside the urban area, at airports, or on sports fields. The prime cause of such urban winds is the redirecting of the over-ridding wind field by the structures themselves.
weather • meteorology • urban winds • urban weather • urban wind field
Walk around any city where buildings rise more than a few stories, and you will experience areas with stronger and gustier winds than felt outside the urban area, at airports, or on sports fields. The prime cause of such urban winds is the redirecting of the over-ridding wind field by the structures themselves.
weather • meteorology • urban winds • urban weather • urban wind field
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