Meanwhile, Death Valley might be the most famous example in the U.S. Technically, this very hot and dry desert is a rain shadow of both the Sierra Nevada mountains and the Pacific Coast Range.

Here's an example. Let's say meteorologists forecast a low-pressure system headed in from the west is expected to bring between 2 and 4 inches of rain to Southern California's coastal areas.

Topography and weather: Explaining the rain shadow effect by: Joseph Dames. Posted: Mar 25, 2020 / 12:29 PM PDT. ... (try to think of an example of this). Leeward ...

“The report compares the amount of sun at a location within the rain shadow with two locations in the greater Seattle area,” he said. “The findings are striking.” For example, the October analysis ...

Sun meter Sequim is the rain shadow’s geographic center. It averages 16.5 inches of rain a year, compared to Seattle’s 37 inches. Both Sequim and Port Townsend average 127 days of “mostly sunny” ...

Most of the Atherton Tablelands are in a rain shadow. (Flickr: Geoff Whalan, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)While it makes for a pleasant climate, Mr Regano said the "300 days of sun" claim was harder to ...

British artist Andy Goldsworthy gave the PBS NewsHour team the chance to see one of his now famous “rain shadows” while filming with him in Kansas City, Missouri. Goldsworthy has, for decades ...