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Title: NZLWN Wind Extremes for the 7th September.
Post by: JennyLeez on September 08, 2012, 03:16:19 PM

Higher than normal Wind Gust Highs and Windrun were recorded from our Local Network Stations for yesterday. Below is a Summary for both:
Local Station's High Wind Gusts 7th September

Location Oban Arthur's Pass Maungaraki Porirua Awhitu Brooklyn Waikawa Beach Bishopdale Plimmerton Ashburton Waimatuku Kelson Methven Invercargill Nuhaka Timaru Waiuku Blenheim Dargaville West Melton Makarewa Ohauiti Golden Bay Castle Hill Palmerston North Port Robinson Mahia Beach Belmont Waikouaiti Templeton Grey Lynn Strathern Kaipara Darfield Massey Te Puke Howick Kerikeri Wairoa Howick West Wairoa West Te Anau Russell Tokoroa North Arrowtown Mangawhai Mosgiel Somerville Lake Waikaremoana Pongakawa Fairfield Lake Taupo Whangawehi Paraonui Tapu Valley Tokoroa Central Napier Waiheke Hunua Te Awamutu Matamata Reefton Mahana Cambridge Waipukurau Waitakere Burwood Port Levy

Gust High 101.7 101.0   93.3   87.0   82.0   76.0   70.9   66.9   65.9   64.6   62.4   61.2   61.1   57.9   57.6   56.3   55.4   55.2   54.8   54.7   54.6   54.0   53.2   51.5   50.0   48.3   47.9   46.7   45.4   45.4   44.1   43.9   43.5   43.0   42.0   41.8   41.3   40.7   40.3   40.3   40.2   40.2   40.2   40.0   39.6   39.6   39.6   39.3   37.8   37.0   34.6   33.9   33.1   32.8   32.2   32.0   31.3   30.9   30.6   29.5   28.2   27.7   27.4   26.3   25.7   20.9   20.8   19.4

Local Station's Windrun 7th September

Location Awhitu Porirua Maungaraki West Melton Dargaville Kelson Waikawa Beach Arthur's Pass Palmerston North Nuhaka Makarewa Brooklyn Methven Howick West Bishopdale Darfield Oban Invercargill Tokoroa North Blenheim Ohauiti Ashburton Plimmerton Mahia Beach Timaru Te Anau Kaipara Waiuku Lake Waikaremoana Castle Hill Golden Bay Whangawehi Mangawhai Port Robinson Wairoa Hunua Kerikeri Napier Templeton Howick Wairoa West Somerville Massey Tokoroa Central Belmont Paraonui Grey Lynn Russell Waiheke Fairfield Waikouaiti Strathern Mahana Matamata Lake Taupo Mosgiel Arrowtown Te Awamutu Cambridge Te Puke Reefton Burwood Waimatuku Tapu Valley Pongakawa Waipukurau Waitakere Port Levy

Wind Run 981.4 926.9 828.8 699.9 699.4 602.0 595.8 594.4 523.3 504.6 460.0 397.6 396.1 378.4 376.7 347.5 337.8 313.1 313.0 305.1 298.9 297.0 296.4 279.7 258.3 256.7 243.9 243.6 241.5 235.2 233.8 230.4 223.7 222.6 202.4 202.4 202.2 200.4 195.2 190.3 189.0 179.6 178.4 172.0 169.5 167.7 166.6 164.4 157.3 155.2 154.2 149.7 138.1 132.4 131.3 131.1 128.4 126.7 121.9 113.7   98.1   97.1   89.4   74.0   73.4   72.0   57.7   56.9

NZLWF accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of Member's Data.

Title: Re: NZLWN Wind Extremes for the 7th September.
Post by: Weather Display on September 08, 2012, 06:23:45 PM

what did wellington stations get up to today for gusts?

Title: Re: NZLWN Wind Extremes for the 7th September.
Post by: JennyLeez on September 08, 2012, 07:28:12 PM

I posted this earlier:
http://www.localweather.net.nz/smf/daily-weather-updates/local-weather-today-saturday-8th-september-2012/msg14574/#msg14574

date now as 7.20pm reveals no change.

Brooklyn 80.6km/h
Maungaraki 101.5 km/h
Camborne ( Porirua) 88.5 km/h
Plimmerton 76.3 km/h
Kelson 57.6 km/h
Belmont 62.8 km/h
Ashurst 60.7 km/h

Some Auckland Gust totals as at now 7.20pm
Awhitu 78.9 km.h
Kerikeri 78.0 km/h
Dargaville 75.7 km/h
and
Arthur's Pass 95 km/h

Title: Re: NZLWN Wind Extremes for the 7th September.
Post by: OhauitiWeather on September 08, 2012, 08:24:12 PM

And we only had a Max Gust of 51Km at 12:41 today.   :(

Title: Re: NZLWN Wind Extremes for the 7th September.
Post by: JennyLeez on September 08, 2012, 08:32:12 PM

lol me too. Thought we were doing well at 50km/h which is about as good as it gets here :)