Questions:
1. Which side of the mountain would generally receive more precipitation?
2. Which side of the mountain would generally receive less precipitation?
3. What happens to the air as it comes down the leeward side of the mountain?
4. Which side of the mountain range often produce rain shadow?
5. What happens to the air as it travels up the mountain?
Answers & Comments
1.The windward side
2. the leeward side
3. The drier air descending the leeward side will warm adiabatically, its SMR will increase, and the RH will drop, and precipitation will not occur.
4. the windward side
5. Air pressure decreases