英语翻译
英语翻译
The leeward side,especially of the larger volcanoes,is sheltered from the predominate weather pattern in Hawaii:trade winds from the northeast.Sometimes,the wind changes direction.In the winter,low pressure systems can form near the islands,which draw warm,moist air up from equatorial regions.These can often cause downpours and flash flooding all over the island.The windward (Koolau) side gets soaked as well as the leeward (Kona) side.Summers in the leeward sides are very often hot and dry in the summer.For example,Diamond Head (also known as Leahi) in Honolulu turns brown in the summer and turns green after its first good soaking of the winter.I lived in Kaunakakai,Molokai in the summer of 2006,when the town (in the rainshadow of the east Molokai volcano) got a grand total of 7/100 of an inch of precipitation between May and October.
(参考信息:我问这个外国人的问题是:在夏威夷是不是背风处在任何时候都没有雨?)
在背风坡,特别是较大火山的背风坡,受到夏威夷主导天气模式的影响:即来自东北方向的贸易风.然而有时,风也会改变方向.冬天,受赤道地区温暖、潮湿空气的影响,在群岛附近会形成低压系统.而这些可以经常导致全岛范围的暴...