After witnessing many whirlwinds here in Hamilton, and one at Mt Maunganui beach all during fine weather, i'm most interested in your personal experiences of them... how many have you seen?
My dad was playing tennis last weekend at the tennis complex here and everyone stopped suddenly as this 50m high whirlwind was circulating around the complex a number of times before dying out some 10 minutes later!
The rotation in this tiny vortex in the whirlwinds are amazing, producing 40-50km/h winds on a micro-scale.
As Deaks would say... yours please!
Whirlwind/Dustdevil occurances
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I saw a big dust devil from the plane landing at Phoenix this year. They are just part of the scenery over there.
Can you remember the dust devil video we had on this forum a year or two back from a soccer game in Japan. Very funny to watch but gave an idea of how strong they can be in the right conditions.
Can't say I've noticed them much in NZ. Just very small ones.
Can you remember the dust devil video we had on this forum a year or two back from a soccer game in Japan. Very funny to watch but gave an idea of how strong they can be in the right conditions.
Can't say I've noticed them much in NZ. Just very small ones.
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On Lake Benmore years ago we were out waterskiing, saw a vortex not far from us and being young teenage boys headed straight for it. We speed straight through it, with skier in tow. Had this amazing feeling of the wind coming from everywhere, fast, all of a sudden. Bloody cool
I've seen a few of these around the lakes up there. Saw one on Lake Dunstan as I drove through the gorge to Cromwell a few years back too.
I've seen a few of these around the lakes up there. Saw one on Lake Dunstan as I drove through the gorge to Cromwell a few years back too.
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Yep, there are some great effects going on all the time around here.Fujita Phil wrote:On Lake Benmore years ago we were out waterskiing, saw a vortex not far from us and being young teenage boys headed straight for it. We speed straight through it, with skier in tow. Had this amazing feeling of the wind coming from everywhere, fast, all of a sudden. Bloody cool
I've seen a few of these around the lakes up there. Saw one on Lake Dunstan as I drove through the gorge to Cromwell a few years back too.
Also I once saw three waterspouts performing together off the Kaikoura coast.