This is probably because the warm air currents of a thunderstorm tend to follow the upward slope of a mountain.
Across the valleys were ridges of thick tree-laden hillsides, the magnificent Annapurna range where griffon vultures soared on warm air currents.
The east coast (north of Patagonia), by contrast, receives greater amounts of precipitation from the winds emanating from the South Atlantic, and the humidifying action of the warm air currents forms a belt of low pressure.
Ackerly has begun collaborating with climate modelers at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory to analyze the weather dynamics that generate "Diablo winds". These little-studied warm air currents descend from the Coast Ranges in late summer and fall, generating hot and dry winds — classic conditions for California wildfires.
The North Atlantic Current of the Gulf Stream, along with similar warm air currents, helps keep Ireland and the western coast of Great Britain a couple of degrees warmer than the east.
Moreover, this method does not take account of regional variations in incubator wall temperatures (caused by the presence of localized warm air convection currents near the inner walls).
The study shows that much of the additional melting can be ascribed to warm, dry air currents called foehn winds that originate high in the peninsula's central mountain range events that can raise air temperatures by as much as 30 degrees Fahrenheit.
Over the arid desert, the change in environment is immediately apparent - warm thermal air currents rising from its surface send the airship careering through the air.
Nandina can be grown in tubs or containers, outdoors and indoors, as long as plants receive plenty of light and aren't exposed to warm, dry air currents.
Warm air driven by ocean currents makes landfall on Morocco's Atlantic coast around the town of Sidi Ifni; as the humid air rises, it hits the natural barrier of Morocco's Anti-Atlas mountains, which start just 35km east from the coast and rise to more than 2,500m.
