<span>Areas immediately to the leeward of the mountains have a microclimate with sparse precipitation called a rain shadow.
It is described as "</span><span> a patch of land that has been forced to become a </span>desert because<span> mountain ranges blocked all plant-growing, rainy </span><span>weather" On one side of the mountain the weather is wet, rainy and snowy. And on the other side (the rain shadow) there are no precipitations. </span>
Instead of Tokyo im gonna do New Zealand. from an article During normal years energy transfers from the ocean to the air. However, during El Nino years, the current is not as warm, so less energy will transfer from the current to the air, making Christchurch cooler than usual.
the warm tropical climate is southeast and the great basin is southwest the volcanic islands is the pacific islands then the Midwest is for climate with four distinct seasons
