why is it blowing 40 knot southerly at norah heads since 2pm and its still calm at newcastle. i would have thought in three hours it would of made its way up there?

dunk,
I can tell you it was 30-35 knots at North Head this arvo also.

Re Norah Head, that place gets windy and I reckon it is heaps under-sailed in a NE. I have read a comment before that Newcastle harbour and surrounding area is a slightly different atmosphere due to the coal dust etc. Not sure of the technicalities of that but it seems to affect the seabreeze - as for a southerly I'm not sure.

Were you at Norah Head? The wind reader is at the lighthouse so typically over-reads by 5-7 knots.

tomp said...

dunk,
I can tell you it was 30-35 knots at North Head this arvo also.

Re Norah Head, that place gets windy and I reckon it is heaps under-sailed in a NE. I have read a comment before that Newcastle harbour and surrounding area is a slightly different atmosphere due to the coal dust etc. Not sure of the technicalities of that but it seems to affect the seabreeze - as for a southerly I'm not sure.

Were you at Norah Head? The wind reader is at the lighthouse so typically over-reads by 5-7 knots.

Hunter valley funnells westerly winds which sometimes push out the seabreeze in newcastle. Nothing to do with coal dust.

My educated guess would be cause it was an east coast low and not a cold front pushing up the coast. But then im not very educated either.

Also can anyone explain that no matter what colour T-shirt you wear, the fluff in your belly button is always grey....?????