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Why are areas along the pacific ranges so rainy?

Anonymous

∙ 10y ago

Updated: 11/9/2022

Prevailing westerly winds pick up mositure over the Pacific, the air is forced up over the mountains when it hits the shore, the air temperature drops sharply and the moisture condenses out of it falling as rain.

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∙ 10y ago

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