Why does the wind stop when the sun comes up?

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billykiter
billykiter
WA
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WA, 303 posts
21 May 2016 1:38pm
Any weather experts that can explain this?

If you look at the Perth metro graphs you can see a definite dip in wind speed when the sun comes up.

Anyone know why this seems to happen quite often?
raggy
raggy
VIC
564 posts
VIC, 564 posts
21 May 2016 3:50pm
to give the birds a chance to fart without it blowing back in there faces... sorry i dunno but now you have asked i wanna know too.
shear tip
shear tip
NSW
1125 posts
NSW, 1125 posts
21 May 2016 4:12pm
I want to know why the wind stops when the weekend comes up.
bobajob
bobajob
QLD
1535 posts
QLD, 1535 posts
21 May 2016 5:15pm
billykiter said..
Any weather experts that can explain this?

If you look at the Perth metro graphs you can see a definite dip in wind speed when the sun comes up.

Anyone know why this seems to happen quite often?


Not as often as northerly wrecks a good swell!
Zachery
Zachery
597 posts
597 posts
21 May 2016 3:30pm
thermal drafts, temperature indifferences between land and sea cause this, eg seabreeze in afternoon caused by warm air off land rising and seabreeze rushing in to fill void, also have opposite in the morning.
Kozzie
Kozzie
QLD
1451 posts
QLD, 1451 posts
21 May 2016 8:26pm
billykiter said..
Any weather experts that can explain this?

If you look at the Perth metro graphs you can see a definite dip in wind speed when the sun comes up.

Anyone know why this seems to happen quite often?


flsc.org/portals/12/PDF/UnderstandingTheSky.pdf
billykiter
billykiter
WA
303 posts
WA, 303 posts
21 May 2016 8:56pm
Kozzie said...
billykiter said..
Any weather experts that can explain this?

If you look at the Perth metro graphs you can see a definite dip in wind speed when the sun comes up.

Anyone know why this seems to happen quite often?


flsc.org/portals/12/PDF/UnderstandingTheSky.pdf


Thanks Kozzie, that's awesome. Trying to skim through the 270 pages to the bit about the breeze in the morning. What page is it?
Mastbender
Mastbender
1972 posts
1972 posts
22 May 2016 9:07am
If the interior of Australia is like the deserts of the western states, go out to the edge of the desert when the sun comes up, you'll get blown off your feet.
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