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A band of thick orographic cloud that arises when a moist airstream rises over a mountain barrier. This generally produces heavy, long-lasting precipitation on the windward slopes, and may create föhn conditions to leeward.
From: barrage cloud in A Dictionary of Weather »
Subjects: Meteorology and Climatology.
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