Prevailing winds blow from the pacific ocean toward two cities separated by mountains. city a is on the leeward side of the mountains and city b is on the windward side. which city is likely to have a wetter climate? explain your answer.

The city that would have a wetter climate is the city on the windward side, city B, while the city on the leeward side, city A, would be drier.

The reason why city B will have wetter climate is because the windward side of the mountain is the side that is facing the ocean. Because of that, when the prevailing winds reach the mountain, they will bring in lot of moisture with them. The mountain itself is natural barrier for the movement of the air masses, especially when they are moist and heavy. The wet air masses will start to accumulate and will produce rainfall on the windward side, while on the leeward side of the mountain, there will be mostly dry air masses because most of rainfall have been ''spent'' on the other side, thus making city A drier.