Latest California earthquakes … UCI to slash 1,000 tons of greenhouse gases … Southern California’s drought status was lowered from moderate to abnomally dry this week, with the e… ...

The rain shadow on New Zealand's South Island is so prominent, it's visible from space. Antii Lipponen / Flickr / CC By 2.0. Rain shadows can also be found in the vicinity of the Rocky Mountains, ...

What's the meteorological phenomenon known as the rain-shadow effect? Simply put, it means mountains to the west of the Valley can keep us dry even as neighboring states get drenched. Here's an ...

Dew, rain and snow often are stripped from moist air when the dew point is reached. For example, suppose the air temperature is T1, and the vapor pressure is about 2/3 of the maximum vapor ...

See The Rain Shadow in Action Here are two YouTube videos that actually demonstrate the rain shadow in action from the ground. This first one was one I shot while in Victoria, B.C..

The Schafers' property has had some rain this year, but this dam has completely dried up. (Supplied: Tania Schafer )'Hit-and-miss' weather. BOM duty forecaster Daniel Hayes said local geography ...

British artist Andy Goldsworthy gave the PBS NewsHour team the chance to see one of his now famous “rain shadows” while filming with him in Kansas City, Missouri. Goldsworthy has, for decades ...

Townsville basks in the heat of a ‘rain shadow’ OUR city is often referred to as Brownsville due its supposed “rain dome”. But does this urban legend, most likely theorised over a coldie ...

Most of the Atherton Tablelands are in a rain shadow. (Flickr: Geoff Whalan, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)While it makes for a pleasant climate, Mr Regano said the "300 days of sun" claim was harder to ...