An upland tropical climate prevails on the windward side of the mountains, whereas a semiarid climate predominates on the leeward side.

Rainfall is higher in the winter months, and varies with elevation and exposure ; elevations above 500 meters experience almost daily rainfall, while the western, leeward side of Robinson Crusoe and Santa Clara are quite dry.

As the air descends on the leeward side, it warms again ( in accordance with the adiabatic lapse rate ) and is drier, having been stripped of much of its moisture.

Often, a rain shadow will affect the leeward side of a range.

Nonetheless, once the sugar industry was finally abandoned, vegetation on the leeward side of the island regrew reasonably well, as scrub and secondary forest.

The windward side is very rocky, while the leeward side consists of many sandy beaches and has many more bays.

The latter is a direct order to the helmsman to push the tiller hard to the leeward side of the boat making the bow of the boat come up and quickly turn through the eye of the wind to prevent the boat being caught in irons.

Because the town lies in the rain shadow ( leeward side ) of the Harz, less precipitation falls here than in similar temperate regions without the protection of a mountain range.

Thimphu valley lying in the leeward side of the mountains is comparatively dry and contains a different type of vegetation as compared to the windward side.

* The desert is located on the leeward side of the Chilean Coast Range, so little moisture from the Pacific Ocean can reach the desert.

A Föhn wind results from precipitation on the windward side of a mountain range which releases latent heat into the atmosphere which is then warmer on the leeward side ( e. g. the Chinook or the original Föhn ).

Both ends are alike, and the boat is sailed in either direction, but it has a high windward side and a lower leeward side supported by an outrigger.

Ewa Gentry is a housing development and, as Ewa Gentry, a census-designated place ( CDP ) located in the Ewa District and the City & County of Honolulu on the leeward side of

Ewa Villages is a census-designated place ( CDP ) located in the Ewa District and the City & County of Honolulu on the leeward side of

On the other hand, Lucayan villages were linear, along the coast, often on the leeward side of an island, but also found on the windward side wherever tidal creeks provided some protected shoreline.

Exposed to westerly winds from the Atlantic, heavy with rain, the windward side of the mountains has up to 1, 600 mm of rain annually ( West Harz, Upper Harz, High Harz ); in contrast, the leeward side only receives an average of 600 mm of precipitation per annum ( East Harz, Lower Harz, Eastern Harz foothills ).

In parts of the world subjected to relatively consistent winds ( for example the trade winds ), a wetter climate prevails on the windward side of a mountain than on the leeward ( downwind ) side as moisture is removed by orographic precipitation.

** to ride out a storm with no sails and helm held to leeward.

Status ‘ On ’ indicates that the bow of the overtaking yacht is overlapping the stern of the leading yacht and there is no restriction on the leeward yacht to steer a direct course for the next mark.

There is little or no force causing the boat to heel to leeward, unlike most other points of sailing, and, if the sail is out past perpendicular to the center line, or the sail is incorrectly shaped, there may be a force causing the boat to heel to windward.

* Catamarans are less likely to capsize in the classic " beam-wise " manner but often have a tendency to pitchpole instead — where the leeward ( downwind ) bow sinks into the water and the boat ' trips ' over forward, leading to a capsize.

" Downwind " has specific connotations in industrial cities in the English North, where less desirable or expensive housing was often situated to the leeward of steelworks, blast furnaces, mills, or other sources of intense pollution.

The leeward side of the mountains receive less rain while the well exposed slopes get heavy rainfall.

Designs then moved to a more moderate displacement, and as race courses moved from offshore racing with plenty of reaching towards windward / leeward round the cans racing designs became narrower and less powerful but more easily driven.

White frost forms when there is a relative humidity above 90 % and a temperature below – 8 ° C ( 18 ° F ) and it grows against the wind direction, since arriving windward air has a higher humidity than leeward air, but the wind must not be very strong in order not to damage the delicately built icy structures.

As a consequence of the different adiabatic lapse rates of moist and dry air, the air on the leeward slopes becomes warmer than equivalent elevations on the windward slopes.

As a consequence of the different adiabatic lapse rates of moist and dry air, the air on the leeward slopes becomes warmer than equivalent elevations on the windward slopes.

At first he was anxious to bring up his fleet in a compact body, for at best his numbers were not more than equal to those of the Dutch ; but seeing the absolute necessity of immediate action, without waiting for the ships astern to come up, without waiting to form line of battle, and with the fleet in very irregular order of sailing, in two groups, led respectively by himself in the Venerable and Vice-admiral Richard Onslow in the Monarch, he made the signal to pass through the enemy's line and engage to leeward.

# If you catch up with another boat and you want to pass it to leeward, you may not sail above your proper course i. e. you shall not luff higher than you would have done if that boat wasn't there 17

In mountainous parts of the world subjected to consistent winds ( for example, the trade winds ), a more moist climate usually prevails on the windward side of a mountain than on the leeward or downwind side.

This was very unfavourable for the Dutch ; normally being in a leeward position would have given them a longer range, but with such gentle winds this advantage was absent while the English ships were larger and better armed than their opponents, inflicting severe damage.

Owing to its location on the immediate leeward side of the Andes, Esquel has a Mediterranean climate ( Köppen Csb ), though it is much more continental than the more classic Mediterranean zones of central Chile, and frosts and even snow are common in the winter months from April to September.

Soils with a prevailing windward aspect will typically be shallower, and often with more developed subsoil characteristics, than adjacent soils on the leeward where decelerating winds tend to deposit more air-borne particulate material.

The leeward yacht may point higher than the direct course to the next mark causing the windward yacht to either tack or sail higher than needed to the next mark.

The southern or leeward division comprised eight third rate ships of the line and the repeater frigate HMS Beaulieu, and was led by Vice-Admiral Richard Onslow on HMS Monarch.

In the early-to-mid 17th century a whale had found itself stranded in the Mohawk River on an island just below the Cohoes Falls, it was impossible for the Dutch settlers of the area to remove the carcass and as it rotted the river became slick for three weeks from the rotting carcass and one commented that " the air was infected with its stench ... perceptible for two miles to leeward "; around 1646 this island came to be known as Whale Island due to this occurrence.

As the Dutch were in a leeward position their guns had a superior range and some English ships now took dreadful damage.

On the 12th Admiral Kempenfelt, who had been sent out by the British Government with an unduly weak force to intercept him, sighted the French admiral in the Bay of Biscay through a temporary clearance in a fog, at a moment when Guichen's warships were to leeward of the convoy, and attacked the transports at once.

Meanwhile Soleil Royal had fallen to leeward and was forced to run back and anchor off Croisic, away from the rest of the French fleet.

: If our fireships had been with us — they remained leeward — we would with the help of God have routed the enemy ; but praised be God who has blessed us in that our enemy fled by himself, though 45 sails strong and of great force

A heavy sea made it impossible for the allies, though in a leeward position, to open their lower gunports, and strong gales had driven all three fleets dangerously close to the British coast.

The next day the wind had turned and now he did engage the enemy, in a defensive leeward position, trying to form a line of battle.

The English fleet was in a leeward position and thus had a better range, but the English gunners overcompensated for this, and so their shots mostly fell short.