Question

Give reasons for the following.
1. Land breeze blows during the night.
2. The leeward side of mountains is the rainshadow area.​

Answer 1

1    At night the land cools more rapidly than water, resulting in a higher pressure relative to that over water. The circulation reverses and wind blows offshore; this is known as a land breeze

2  A rain shadow is a dry area on the leeward side of a mountainous area (away from the wind). The mountains block the passage of rain-producing weather systems and cast a "shadow" of dryness behind them

Answer 2

Answer:

1. And during night, land cools down quickly than that of water causing high pressure over land and hot air above water causes low pressure over water. As we know wind blow from higher pressure to lower pressure, so during night cool breeze blows from land to sea.

2. A rain shadow is a dry area on the leeward side of a mountainous area (away from the wind). ... The air, without much moisture left, advances across the mountains creating a drier side called the "rain shadow".