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The addition of a foehn affect - a warming wind on the leeside of a mountian - meant that north-west Wales saw the highest temperatures.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

We ran up under the leeside of the island just forty-four hours after leaving Millé, a trifle over eleven knots an hour.

From A Modern Buccaneer by Boldrewood, Rolf

The leeside of us lay full of flats and dangers, inevitable if the wind blew hard at south.

From Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage to Newfoundland by Hayes, Edward, fl. 1580.

We hurried over to the leeside of the rock, and at once embarked the two women with the infant, who seemed to be totally exhausted.

From A Yacht Voyage Round England by Kingston, William Henry Giles

The south wind was blowing with such force that I lay down on the leeside of a bush to be sheltered from it.

From Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine by Barker, Edward Harrison




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