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Local Winds
Posted: Wed 22/07/2015 20:50
by localwind
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?
Cheers
Pete
Re: Local Winds
Posted: Thu 23/07/2015 10:00
by Manukau heads obs
Hi
for what locality?
Re: Local Winds
Posted: Thu 23/07/2015 12:22
by Nev
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
Re: Local Winds
Posted: Thu 23/07/2015 19:08
by RWood
I think you'll find there are Patagonian towns/cities that surpass it ...
Re: Local Winds
Posted: Sun 30/08/2015 18:51
by localwind
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?