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This is caused by adiabatic cooling. Clouds rise and temperature drops and moisture condenses and falls on the windward side of the mountain. By the time they reach the other side (Lee) most of the moisture has already fallen.

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Q: The leeward sides of mountains are often much drier than the windward sides?
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