Mountain breeze: A breeze which blows at night down valleys and mountain slopes. As the slopes are cooled by radiation, air in contact with them cools also. The air then flows downslope because of … ...

This is called a mountain breeze since it starts higher up in the mountains. Because cold air is heavy and dense, it settles on the valley floor, helping to trap smoke and other pollutants.

This is why we so frequently have a 20 to 30 percent chance of rain on any given Summer day due to the sea breeze. For those residents of mountainous regions, their weather is affected by mountain ...

The 170-MW Mountain Breeze will utilize 62 GE 2.3-MW and 2.82-MW wind turbine generators. Construction will create about 250 jobs. Leeward and utility Xcel Energy Colorado have struck a long-term ...