SOARING CLIMATOLOGY OF GAWLER AND SURROUNDINGS, SOUTH AUSTRALIA - a descriptive format

Authors

  • M Hancy Presented at the XXVI OSTIV Congress, Bayreuth 1999

Keywords:

Meteorology, Climatology

Abstract

Basic climatological statistics of temperature rainfall and wind are presented for the Gawler task area. Synoptic features such as cold fronts, Rossby Waves, hemispherical analysis and North-West cloud bands are described. In relation to these elements the more pertinent topics relevant to gliding are presented. These include convection, sea breezes, ridge lift topographic relevance, the River Murray, downdrafts, microbursts and dust devils. Finally SW to SE wind situations are described which are commonly associated with inversion waves (cycling), katabatic winds and wave-thermal interactions.

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Vol. 25 No. 1 (2001)

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