We had a nor-easter the other day which brought high winds, gusting to nearly 40 mph, and swirling wind. Interestingly the snow accumulated on the western side of the trees. I have never seen such a thing in my entire life. I asked around for an explanation and the best was that the trees acted like a leading edge of a plane's wing and created a "vacuum" effect on the opposite side of the wind. As a scientist and keen observer of nature, I have no idea why I was never aware of this, and why, the meteorologist said that no one has ever asked this question before.
@SW-User I learned about it in physics, but no one ever mentioned the effect this way. I know of its use in developing a siphon, and in the concept of flying, but, seeing it with my own eyes on the trees was startling. There was an eraly TV show, during the very early days of TV, called Mr. Wizard. Many scientists of my age got their interest in experimentation from the show.
