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Lee Wave


   Weather TermDescription / Definition
   Lee Wave The wavelike effect, characterized by severe updrafts and downdrafts, that occurs in the lee of a mountain range when rapidly flowing air is lifted up the steep front of a mountain range. Compare mountain wave.


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