Abstract: his study focuses on the meso-α- and meso-?-scale manifestations of the latent-heat-induced reduction of windward-side blocking to two flood-producing precipitation events on the leeside of the Sierra Nevada. Two simulations ...

Abstract: The synoptic structure of two case studies of heavy ?spillover? or leeside precipitation?1?2 January 1997 and 30?31 December 2005?that resulted in Truckee River flooding are analyzed over the North Pacific beginning ...