Sentences with phrase «on windward»

* Last year there were 6 sales on the Windward Coast, whereas there were only 2 this year, which is why the data was skewed with less sales, however higher prices.

• A marine west coast climate is found on windward coasts from latitudes 40o to 65o and is dominated by maritime air masses.

As a consequence of the different adiabatic lapse rates of moist and dry air, the air on the leeward slopes becomes warmer than equivalent elevations on the windward slopes.

Passes are not found on the windward side because salt water is continually blown onto the coral promoting growth.

Fourth, the topography of the Earth's surface which causes copious precipitation on the windward side of mountains and aridity on the leeward side.

Air forced up the slopes of mountain barriers is often sufficiently moist to produce considerable precipitation on windward sides of mountains, whereas subsiding air on the lee slopes produces more - arid conditions.

This explains why precipitation is higher on the windward side of mountains, known as orographic lifting.

This is not a sea state you want to see amplified by the passage of a storm like this, at sea or on any windward coast.

But we can't over look Corita's ripe Tomato, or Clinton Adams» Cabaret on Windward at Venice Beach and his Return to Collioure along the Mediterranean, Tom Farmer's Clamdiggers or Romare Bearden's farmer in The Lantern

Consistently voted one of the finest beaches in the US, the famous Kailua is located on the Windward shore of Oahu, and offers spectacular water sports, with windsurfing and ocean kayaking proving especially popular.

We are situated on the windward side of Blackbird Caye within 4,000 acres of remote jungle and palm trees.

Located on the east side of the island, the beach is the main draw on the windward coast and is a popular spot for families canoe paddling and snorkeling.

This means that they can always avoid the rougher sea conditions on the windward side.

On the windward side of the island, communities did not have access to exotic goods to the degree of their wealthier neighbors.

Other larger communities dating to the Late Classic period are also found on the windward side of Ambergris Caye.

On the windward coast, tidal range is 15 - 18 inches on exposed areas, less on the leeward side, and 0 - 6 inches in the lagoons.

Like many walls on the windward limbs of the atolls, the Southwest Caye Wall is a dramatic drop - off.

Modern sediments around the site include sandy - muds in inland lagoons (composed mainly of peneroplid foraminifera) and on the windward side, a 3.3 yard raised beach 44 - 98 yards wide, of calcareous sand.

Others are on Windward, Electric Avenue, Washington Boulevard near Venice Pier, and in Marina del Rey.

Located on the windward side of Oahu, this beach is fairy small (only half of a mile long), but has turquoise waters that are generally calm and clear.

The interior of the historic Danny's Deli on Windward Ave. is decorated with the last original Venice gondola from 1904, as well as Cronk's Hobnobbing in Venice, a 40 - foot mural that depicts the last century of Venice with past and present celebrities observing the scene.

Located on the Windward side of Nevis, the Aquarium is a truly virgin dive spot aptly named for its variety of fish.

On the windward side is Happy Island, a Caribbean island made entirely out of conch shells, where a unique quirky bar invites you to enjoy a range of rum infused cocktails.

Note the abundant coconut palms on the windward (east) side of the island and the occasional fish traps.

H.A. Baldwin is the most popular beach on the windward side of the island.

About a half hour from Honolulu, on the windward side of Oahu, this little beach town presents a mellow alternative to Waikiki, with plenty of room for kiteboarding or windsurfing.

I have been on the Windward team since January 2012 and have since learned and contributed to taking care of all the animals we see on a daily basis.

Two pupils each have been selected from Perry Beeches II and Perry Beeches III Free Schools on Newhall Street and Langley Walk in central Birmingham respectively, plus Alderbrook Secondary School on Blossomfield Road, Solihull and Smith's Wood Sports College on Windward Way, North Solihull — and you can view each of their excellent entries via this web link and vote (just the once mind!)

The bird is now making its last stand on the windward side of eastern Maui.

Its post office is designated Kailua - Kona to differentiate it from Kailua located on the windward side of Oʻahu island, and it is sometimes referred to as Kona in everyday speech.

The wind has also brought rain, washing the verdant mountain forests on the windward side of the islands.

Not exact matches

Lord Browne invested in Windward in 2016, since when he's been advising the company on strategy, including its push into London and the global marine insurance market.

Partners at the Honolulu stores, one located at Kaneohe Bay Drive in Windward City and the other on Valkenburgh Street in Moanalua, will collaborate with Mission Continues, Team Red, White & Blue and Blue Star Families.

By Patrick Holian Recipes: Asher Sauce Bequian Lamb Stew Drunken Seafood, Creole - Style Aboard the Sailboat I gazed down from 20,000 feet at shimmering aqua blue waters surrounding the Windward Islands, wondering what hot pepper encounters lie ahead on this Caribbean trip.

Easterners who didn't believe a Scow could go fast to windward were amazed to see the big A making most of her margin on the weather leg, scooting past the hottest fleet of day racers ever assembled.

While running the Windward Passage during a dangerous night of 25 - foot seas, the helmsman took his bearings off a false light and ran onto a reef near the old town of Baracoa on the north Cuban coast.

Keki occasionally may be found riding on his chest in the steep, dumping waves at Makapuu, the small windward beach where body surfers must know how to angle left or right on the shoulder of the wave to keep from gutting themselves on the rocks.

The Dragons went 30 - 3 with two out - of - state losses and a loss to Windward - L.A., which they would avenge by defeating the then - unbeaten Wildcats 60 - 45 in the CIF Open Division state championship game on March 23.

The Matadors» one loss on the season entering this game was against Windward of Los Angeles, regarded as perhaps the best girls team in the country.

Blowing sands overwhelm and bury vegetation, buildings and parking lots on the dune's windward side, and the tree hollows are being exhumed on the hill's leeward slope.

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, partway through the first up - close study ever conducted of extraterrestrial sand dunes, is providing dramatic views of a dune's steep face, where cascading sand has sculpted very different textures than the wavy ripples visible on the dune's windward slope.

In a testament to my love of prints, I completely passed over this Windward Dress online and walked right by it on the store mannequin.

The Windward Coast of Oahu is on the Northeastern coast of the island stretching from Makapuu to the tip of the island.

I do plan on moving to the windward side or the south shore in the future.

Sets of images to stimulate enquiry and provoke discussion, focussing on comparing lives in the UK and Windward Isles.

She is the founder of the Windward Teacher Training Institute and a former Superintendent of the Greenburgh Graham Union Free School District in Hastings - on - Hudson, New York.

Dr. Hochman served as the Head of The Windward School in White Plains, New York, a nationally renowned independent school focused on teaching students with learning disabilities.

Hailed by SFX magazine as «an excellent hopping - on point if you've never read a Banks SF novel before,» Look to Windward is an awe - inspiring immersion into the wildly original, vividly realized civilization that Banks calls the Culture.

Kathy Newman, Women's Ministry Leader at Calvary Chapel Windward «I loved Hannah as a leader because she's young and fun and always positive and she's just an amazing influence on us.»

The Windward Animal Hospital prides itself on the variety of animals in their care from Parrots to Rabbits, Reptiles to Chinchillas and everything in between.