41. Winter weather typically brings more storms and wetter weather, especially to the windward sides of the island, and slightly cooler temperatures. 42. Also, because it is on the windward side of the mountains, it is often cloudy, having 203 cloudy days per year. 43. Thus, the foehn wind at a certain altitude is warmer than the corresponding altitude on the windward side of the mountain range. 44. The sand cay is located to the lee of their reef flat, whereas the shingle cay is located on the windward side . 45. Why did government tanks punch numerous small holes into the windward side of the compound and large holes into the leeward side? 46. From June through September, the south-west monsoon brings in heavy rains as Keezhuvaipur lies on the windward side of the Western Ghats. 47. In musical terms, if the leeward side is something akin to a Jimmy Buffett song, the windward side is like a Wagner aria. 48. On the windward side of a ridge, the base erodes faster than the top, producing a shape like an anvil tip pointing upwind. 49. The pluviometric maximums are registered on the windward side at an average altitude of between, almost exclusively in the La Orotava mountain range. 50. It was followed by third and fourth-placed yachts overall, Swedish Match and Innovation Kvaerner who also chose the windward side of the start line.
