Various scientific processes can tell us what is a rain shadow, where they're located, and how life exists in such unforgiving conditions.

Rain shadow: A warm and dry spot blocked from the rain because it’s in the shadow of large mountains. Death Valley in California is an example of a rain shadow.

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..

Meteorologist Jan Null with the Golden Gate Weather Services says a good example of the effects of a rain shadow is near Boulder Creek; the annual average rain there is about 60 inches, but just ...

The Santa Ynez Mountains cast a rain shadow over Lake Cachuma, the state's lowest filled reservoir by average ...

The updating radar map shows areas of rain in green, with greater intensities indicated by yellow and orange.

Olympic rain shadow “For a lot of people, the rainfall is interesting, but no one knows a lot about the sunshine,” said Britton, a former Microsoft marketing director who now works for eLocal USA ...

The reason why the peaks are snow-covered and why hot, dry Death Valley is east of the Sierra Nevada range is the same: They are both the result of the rain shadow effect.

This Rain Shadow Effect is responsible for large storms weakening as they head into the Treasure Valley from the south, leaving the valley dry.

Using observations from different NASA missions, this map shows where the Moon’s shadow will cross the U.S. during the 2023 annular solar eclipse and 2024 total solar eclipse.

Twin Shadow is scheduled to perform another, final Purple Rain tribute show at New York’s Meadows Music and Arts Festival next month.

The meteorological department’s first 2019 southwest monsoon forecast put it at “near normal”, or 96% of the long period average (LPA) of 89 cm. Private forecaster Skymet Weather said the ...