I don’t think that has to do with the mountains though as much as it has to do with the Coriolis force that makes hurricanes recurve so sharply ne at this latitude . It would take a very strong , very westward ridge to push something that far west which I guess just doesn’t happen . Otherwise how could a hurricane sense the presence of mountains and just recurve , that doesn’t make sense to me at all as an explanation .
Coriolis effect is something I learned about in long range shooting, ie. distances over 1,000 meters. So not only do you have to take into account wind direction and speed, humidity, distance to target, but you also have to figure in the coriolis effect as well. Everything else about my weapon and loads are in my DOPE book.