On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 18:24:22 -0500, George wrote:


Yep, the reason for the abundant rainfall is the elevation and cooling of
moisture-laden air - can't be colder than the dewpoint without raining -
by the mountains. Spills into the gaps with enhancement.

Then there's the rain shadow on the other side extending through the
intermountain region.

True - Sequim (pronounced squim), a little town on the northeast side of
the Olympic peninsula is in the shadow (aka banana belt), and get about
one third of the rainfall as Seattle.

- Doug

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