Sentences with phrase «strong south winds»

The storms we get here mostly have strong south winds and heavy rain.

It no longer takes a storm to flood the area: A strong south wind coinciding with a high spring tide is all that's needed.

Not exact matches

On an overcast day prone to squalls and with a strong south west wind blowing this was always going to be a test of technique as well as stamina.

The seventh largest wildfire in state history started on Brookhaven National Laboratory's Upton property and, fueled by strong winds and dry tinder on the forest floor, quickly spread south and east into the Riverhead Town section of Manorville.

The readings revealed a shift in the Antarctic Oscillation (AAO), the seesawing pattern of pressure that controls the winds around the South Pole: in recent years, it seems, the AAO has been spending more time in its positive, strong - wind phase.

However, when these temperature gradients decrease in just the right way, a weakened «double peak» jet stream arises with the strongest jet stream winds located to the north and south of the mid-latitudes.

Two other strong LGBT - themed dramas, Chile's «A Fantastic Woman» and South Africa's «The Wound,» beat «BPM» to the list, as did three of its fellow Cannes prizewinners: Germany's «In the Fade,» Russia's «Loveless» and Sweden's Palme d'Or champ «The Square.»

Snorkeling on board Big Mama, is visibility and sea condition dependant, as the best bays to snorkel around Magnetic Island are exposed to our strong south easterly trade winds approximately April to September, but we still have many beautiful days too which allows us to show you the BEST fringing reef & marine life on the island!

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While the south side of the island, where most of the hotels are located, tends to have smoother waters for beachgoers or fans of water sports, strong winds and waves characterize the north side of the island where the natural pool is located.

The epic waves team up with big swells from the east and winds from the south creating a strong and heavy Hawaiian style barrel waves.

Sites on the south coast have stronger currents and mild wind - driven chop on the surface, and most are conducted as drifts.

In the south west of Gran Canaria, the temperature is milder because the geographic conformation of this area favour the protection from strong winds.

Damai Bungalows, South Sumatra 14th September 2017» G'day all just a quick wrap up from last week for you all, waves have been hovering around the headhigh and above for the most part with a coupla small days thrown in, trade winds have been blowing strong which... [Read more...]

March 10th - 12th 2008 saw some incredibly strong winds greatly affecting London and the south of England as a whole.

South wind is a wave killer there and high tides make the waves too strong, frequent and mushy to enjoy them.

Sheltered from strong westerly, south westerly winds.

Everyone was hoping Rifles, but the winds were strong out of the south and it was blown.

Our swell pretty much dropped off the map overnight and the winds were fairly strong out of the south.

Kandui Surf Resort July 24th surf report The wind was about as strong as yesterday, around 10mph or so, and it was coming a little more out of the south.

The strong winds from the south can push the ice further north into the Central Arctic, exposing the open water and releasing heat to the atmosphere from the ocean.»

There is also a phenomenon called La Niña («the girl»)-- the extreme opposite of El Niño — where easterly winds are especially strong and the warm waters of the South Pacific are confined to the western edge of the ocean.

Similarly, the largest recent overwash event on upper Texas coast barrier islands resulted from the high tides and very strong winds of TS Frances which landfalled 180 miles to the south.

With the exception of the South Pacific Ocean, all tropical cyclone basins show increases in the lifetime - maximum wind speeds of the strongest storms.

For the next few months, the ITCZ lies out - of - range again, now up to the north, pulling behind it strong dry winds from the south - east - usually until November.

In the southern hemisphere, latitude 60 ° is halfway between the tip of South America and Antarctica, down in the Drake Passage where strong westerly winds circle the world, stirring up prodigious wave heights.

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lack - footed cousins forage in waters much further south, gaining little benefit from the stronger trade winds.

Strong westerly winds found in the Southern Hemisphere between 40 and 50 degrees South.

Their black - footed cousins forage in waters much further south, gaining little benefit from the stronger trade winds.

During a La Niña, trade winds in the western equatorial Pacific are stronger than normal, and the cold water that normally exists along the coast of South America extends to the central equatorial Pacific.

He says a strong storm forecast to move in from the south over the weekend will bring warmer temperatures and high winds that'll likely scatter the ice and push it north.

«With the exception of the South Pacific Ocean, all tropical cyclone basins show increases in the lifetime - maximum wind speeds of the strongest storms... Our results are qualitatively consistent with the hypothesis that as the seas warm, the ocean has more energy to convert to tropical cyclone wind.»

This has given rise to a pattern of winds bringing in warm air from the south over the coastal seas of eastern Siberia, fostering strong melt and tending to push ice from the coast into the central Arctic Ocean.

The process begins when strong convective activity over equatorial East Asia and subsiding cool air off South America's west coast creates a wind pattern which pushes Pacific water westward and piles it up in the western Pacific.

It's isolated from semi-annual length of day (a measure of earth rotation rate), which informs about strong midlatitude westerly winds in the alternating winter hemispheres (north & south).

According to a wind resources map published by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas all have stronger winds.

«We have this problem in Germany that our interconnectors from the North to South are not strong enough to transport for instance wind energy to the South.

The determination of political and business leaders in Scotland to carry on expanding renewables of all sorts — including onshore and offshore wind, and wave and tidal energy — often sounds much stronger in tone when compared to the rather muted messages of political support coming from south of the border in England.

Polar Vortex In the stratosphere, a strong belt of winds that encircles the South Pole at mean latitudes of approximately 60 S to 70 S.

Strong winds, heavy downpours and hurricanes are not uncommon occurrences in South Carolina.