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Hi,
First time post, I am a keen surfer and find local wind phenomena interesting for my sport. Orographic, katabatic or stuff like that. Are there journal articles that cover New Zealand local wind phenomena?
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Hi
for what locality?
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Of course there's the obvious Canterbury 'mad-dog' nor'wester and Greymouth's 'barber' sou'easter.

However, one my favourite articles about some other more local wind effects, or rivers of wind, around NZ is one that Bob McDavitt originally wrote in 1995 for NZ Windsurfing magazine. Below is a copy…

'Wellington is the windiest, well almost' - Deepfried.tv


Also see... 'Wellington the windiest city in the world?' - Deepfried.tv
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Nev wrote:Of course there's the obvious Canterbury 'mad-dog' nor'wester and Greymouth's 'barber' sou'easter.

However, one my favourite articles about some other more local wind effects, or rivers of wind, around NZ is one that Bob McDavitt originally wrote in 1995 for NZ Windsurfing magazine. Below is a copy…

'Wellington is the windiest, well almost' - Deepfried.tv


Also see... 'Wellington the windiest city in the world?' - Deepfried.tv
I think you'll find there are Patagonian towns/cities that surpass it ...
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Thanks for the replies, I found a few articles on http://www.metsoc.org.nz/publications/journals.
That was interesting about the 'barber' and illustrates the orographic influence.
Is there any books that cover how wind moves in laymans terms, perhaps a sailing book?
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