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overdrive1979 · 10-14-2013, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Mac15

Well they aren't really tropical storms but they come from florida so you know what I mean.

They bring tropical type weather and winds anyway.

I think you mean "winter European windstorms".

The fastest wind speed I've ever benn was about 100 km/h, due to European windstorm Klauss in January 2009.

Mac15 · 10-14-2013, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by kronan123

67mph^^

Aw thats nothing.

Mac15 · 10-14-2013, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by overdrive1979

I think you mean "winter European windstorms".

The fastest wind speed I've ever benn was about 100 km/h, due to European windstorm Klauss in January 2009.

No its not a winter storm. These storms mainly affect the island of ireland and are mostly previous hurricanes which form in the carribean.

Mac15 · 10-14-2013, 02:13 PM

Think my record wind speed for my area is 105mph. Which is actually pretty good.

The East Frisian · 10-14-2013, 02:15 PM

110 km/h (measured it with my Windmaster 2) during hurricane (Orkan) Thilo in November 2007.
That's 30.6 m/s or 68.4 mph.

I love those storm gales we get some times during autumn and winter (used to be more frequent when i was younger), but this one was almost too much...

dunno what to put here · 10-14-2013, 02:16 PM

Not sure. Recently, about 74mph in January 2012. It was certainly quite windy, but only the windiest in about 5 years. Gusts in the 60-70mph region occur almost every year.

Joe90 · 10-14-2013, 02:19 PM

At sea level 160 kmh/100 mph, which was in Nelson about 5 years ago.

At altitude where I used to work, 200 kmh/120 mph would happen every so often. It may have been faster but the meter only went up to 200 kmh.

There were wind gusts of 220 kmh/136 mph in the Canterbury high country yesterday.

I think a site near Wellington has recorded 240 kmh/148 mph this year.

Mac15 · 10-14-2013, 02:22 PM

And why would New Zealand have high winds? Do they get tropical storms too?

Joe90 · 10-14-2013, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Mac15

And why would New Zealand have high winds? Do they get tropical storms too?

We call them ex-tropical lows and they are quite frequent.

The wind can come from any direction and usually happens when a fast moving low pressure system is slowed by high pressure.

NZ is surrounded by Ocean and has an unusual pattern of fast migrating high pressure systems, that can depart as quickly as they arrive. this enables low pressure systems to move even at an even quicker rate.

Mac15 · 10-14-2013, 02:36 PM

So it is similar to here then