wind shadow

English

Noun

wind shadow (countable and uncountable, plural wind shadows)

1. (meteorology, countable) An area which experiences lower winds due to being downwind from an obstacle such as a hill, building, tree line, mountain, wind turbine, etc.
2. (meteorology, uncountable) The phenomenon of lesser wind for this reason.
   • 2025 June 7, The Australian Weekend Magazine, Australia, page 31, column 3:

     "If you measure behind a wind turbine, the wind is blowing less hard," say Remco Verzijlbergh from Dutch weather service Whiffle. Geography means that this phenomenon, known as wind shadow, benefits Belgian wind farms in the North Sea.