Why do “rain shadow” areas of the U.S. get so much snow?

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I’m thinking specifically of the eastern Sierra Nevada, eastern Washington & Oregon, and other parts of the Basin & Range.

Why does cold-weather precipitation cross those peaks but not warm?

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Are you sure you are looking in the right places???

The rain desert isn’t something that goes on indefinitely; normal weather patterns will emerge after the rain shadow 

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