QLD
561 posts
Looks like its forecast to be back again .
Affecting east and south coast mainly .
Fingers crossed its not too bad winter \ spring .
QLD
1694 posts
So is elneno good or bad for wind, I can't remember.
QLD
135 posts
El Niño good for wind blue sky , heat and F$&@k all else . La Niña , wind ,rain ,storms ,cyclones , . Interesting subject , Google pacific currents /El nino . Amazing what a small temp change can do !
WA
524 posts
How does it affect wind in wa?
QLD
561 posts
I think WA not affected much .
Mainly drought , No rain means no wind imho ?
VIC
42 posts
This is good news for Vicco yeah?
WA
1501 posts
WA has El Dorado. It's an absolute wind goldmine. And an actual goldmine!
WA
533 posts
Regarding WA, a sustained, and I emphasis sustained, El Nino can produce a large body of surface warm water east of the Solomons/Melanesia. This water can move west towards Indonesia, and then have some affect on currents that may push a tongue of hot water down from Indo to the North West, as far as Geraldton. Several years ago, a similar event(s) caused water temps so high off the WA coast there were fish die offs 'up north', Spanish mackeral as far south as Bunbury and the large tongue of warm water around the capes to Albany. From memory, the seabreezes were a bit iffy that year, to say the least. CSIRO is still studying the hot water tongue event. But you don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out what warm water could do to WA's classic pattern of seabreezes that rely on a cold ocean air raoring in to replace rapidly rising hot air on the land ....
But like I said. the El Nino may have to be sustained.
Ergo: So if you want seabreezes, stop using petrol, wasting electricity , and wean the country off relying on coal to pay the bills,
WA
1255 posts
Think we had some of our warmest waters in Perth in the last full la nina event.
Remember the water temp getting to 26oC. We had cyclones tracking all the way down to Perth and there was crazy right handers everywhere. Down south scored with some epic sand points firing up which only happen once in a blue moon.
Was a crap season wind wise - trough after trough after trough. Perth became the tropics. Was the same summer QLD had the mega floods raging into Brissy.
La Nina a biatch!
VIC
701 posts
I seem to remember 07, 08, 09 being awesome for sea breezes in Vic. Three in the arvo it went on like someone threw a switch, day after day after day.
QLD
561 posts
Well it looks like it could go either way ?
But bad luck for the farmers .
Fingers and toes crossed
