We created a model that zooms in on Hawaii and is able to capture those variations, including the rain shadow effect. Using that model, we simulated the Hawaiian climate at the end of the 21st ...

Its center—at least as far as scientists know—has never seen a single drop, which leads us to perhaps an unfamiliar question: What is a rain shadow? This unique ecosystem sits just east of the ...

The reason why the peaks are snow-covered and why hot, dry Death Valley is east of the Sierra Nevada range is the same: They are both the result of the rain shadow effect. To understand how this ...

Both areas got lots of rain in January, but not nearly as much ... Both cities are outside the direct shadow of Catalina Island. “If the January storms had come in from the west-southwest ...

We created a model that zooms in on Hawaii and is able to capture those variations, including the rain shadow effect. Using that model, we simulated the Hawaiian climate at the end of the 21st ...

As rain-producing winds travel from west to east across mountain ranges, the mountains themselves block the weather's passage, collecting moisture on one side of the ridge and casting a “shadow ...