Weather Events

Since Lee Cloudiness develops in a stable stratified atmosphere and is characterised by clouds with generally small vertical extent, normally there is no convective activity nor precipitation.

Parameter Description
Precipitation
  • Hardly any precipitation due to stable stratification.
  • Superimposed over lower layered cloudiness slight rain or snow can observed (seeder feeder mechanism)
Temperature
  • No significant feature
Wind (incl. gusts)
  • No significant feature
Other relevant information
  • Moderate precipitation when lee clouds merge with frontal clouds.

18 March 2005/06.00 UTC - Meteosat 8 IR10.8 image; weather events (green: rain and showers, blue: drizzle, cyan: snow, red: thunderstorm, black: no precipitation)