WEATHER PROCESSES
OROGRAPHIC RAINFALL:
Orographic precipitation, rain, snow, or other precipitation produced when moist air is
lifted as it moves over a mountain range. ... Very heavy precipitation typically occurs
upwind of a prominent mountain range that is oriented across a prevailing wind from a
warm ocean.
OROGRAPHIC RAINFALL:
Orographic precipitation, rain, snow, or other precipitation produced when moist air is
lifted as it moves over a mountain range. ... Very heavy precipitation typically occurs
upwind of a prominent mountain range that is oriented across a prevailing wind from a
warm ocean.