Take a look at some of these readings...
Cape Reinga - 41km/h SW
Channel Island - 59km/h W
Auckland Airport - 35km/h WSW
Manukau Heads - 52km/h WSW - cheers Brian!
Hamilton - 32km/h W
Port Taharoa - 41km/h WSW
Hick's Bay - 35km/h W
Taupo - 35km/h WSW
New Plymouth - 37km/h WSW
Napier - 61km/h W
Wanganui - 54km/h WNW
Palmerston North - 50km/h WNW
Castlepoint - 80km/h WNW
Levin - 44km/h WNW
Mt Kaukau - 70km/h NNW
Farewell Spit - 50km/h W
Blenheim - 35km/h WSW
Westport - 37km/h W
Kaikoura - 43km/h W
Hokitika - 37km/h W
Le Bons Bay - 63km/h S
Haast - 44km/h W
Oamaru - 37km/h WSW
Dunedin - 35km/h WSW
Invercargill - 46km/h WSW
Nugget Point - 57km/h SW
South West Cape - 54km/h SW
While some of these readings aren't considered 'windy' for the areas, the fact that it is so widespread, is interesting.
Strong winds everywhere!
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I fear we'll have it a while yet...and the NZ waters are cool at present as someone noted earlier. I recall now that a retired met. scientist (?J W Hessell?) published a paper a few years back that stated that a slow-moving wave left the S American coast in 1982, in association with the major El Nino of the time. He said that it would take about 20 years to reach NZ seas and could have a steering effect on our currents, adding a cold anomaly as I vaguely recall. Don't know how long this was supposed to affect us. But maybe it is contributing to 2004's mix. He also said that the 1997/8 El Nino was exceptionally warm here, much warmer than forecast, because of effects of the approaching wave. I hope I haven't misrepresented his ideas. The paper appeared in "Weather and Climate", can't remember date.Manukau heads observer wrote:i must admit i am geting a bit sick of the SW wind!
I think "bad" weather (ignoring the really damaging stuff) can be either annoying (= stimulating for some!?) or depressing, sometimes both. NZ has lots of weather in the annoying group in my view. The only kind that I find depressing is a prolonged spell of very cloudy weather. NZ places generally endure a lot less of this than the UK or northern Europe, but it's far from unknown.
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