Sentence examples for on windward from inspiring English sources

Rime is common on windward upper slopes of mountains that are enveloped by supercooled clouds.

A further victim was wounded in a shooting on Windward Court, where protesters were moved after police ordered them to move from West Florissant Avenue.

On windward slopes and those facing the afternoon sun, the snow line may be as much as a kilometre (more than half a mile) higher than on opposite slopes.

Air forced up the slopes of mountain barriers is often sufficiently moist to produce considerable precipitation on windward sides of mountains, whereas subsiding air on the lee slopes produces more-arid conditions.

As the air rises it cools, leading to higher precipitation on windward mountain slopes (orographic precipitation); as it descends leeward slopes it becomes warmer and relative humidity falls, reducing the likelihood of precipitation and creating areas of drier climate (rain shadows).

Annual rainfall in the equatorial belt is approximately 80 inches (2,000 mm); it is 80 to 120 inches (2,000 to 3,000 mm) and more (300 to 500 inches [7,600 to 12,700 mm] in places) on windward maritime slopes in South, Southeast, and East Asia.

On the windward side, waves broke on a rough coral shore.

were located on the leeward side than on the windward side of trees relative to the prevailing wind.

The pressure force on the windward side and suction force on the leeward side in combination produce vortices in the wake region, causing the deflection of the body.

The constant phase lines are tilted upstream with height, thus producing a high pressure on the windward slope and a low pressure on the lee slope.

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.