Pomeroy, Washington, USA

Western Washington is so wet. Eastern Washington is so dry. Where are we here? All the rain clouds that were on their way to Pomeroy got "rained out" while passing over the Cascade Range. It's a process called orographic uplift and it results in a rain shadow. Still, there is enough rainfall to make the Palouse one of the great wheat-growing areas of the nation. [2019]