Global and Local Winds in New Zealand

Yo back again with that New Zealand. I spit sick rhymes and thick flows like the the wind blows.

So this country of mine lies between the latitudes 34 S and 48 S; longitudes 166.5 E and 178.5 E.

So you know what that means dogs?! We be in the Southern Hemisphere!

Judging on our coordinates we are right in the same spot where Will Ferrell was born!

Oh wait... Never mind were just in the "Atmospheric Cell" called the Ferrel Cell. Laaaame.

The wind belt we habituate is of the Prevailing Westerlies. Kind of confusing since we rep the south... There will be issues..

Any who, those dang west side westerlies be frontin. Up in the northern hemisphere they blow from the southwest to the northeast but thangs are run differently down here in the south (cue Deliverance banjo song). Instead the westerlies blow from the northwest to the southeast.

Is New Zealand near a main pressure belt? Relatively? Depends on what one may think is close. I think close is where i can make food, do homework, and take a dump without moving but ya know.. but yeah i would say  it's close to a Subtropical High where the Horse Latitude lies. North Island sits at 35 S while the Subtropical High is at 20-30 S.

New Zealand is down with the oldschool with it being hit by the "Roaring Forties" which is  just these westerlies cats going pretty hard.

Gangster

Global wind and weather map

New Zealand gots the hook on mountains.  I mean look at this ish...

South Island has a long strip running right through the middle called the Southern Alps.

Here are some fools (breezes and winds) that associate themselves with mountains:

Breezes: Mountain and Valley
Winds: Katabatic, Chinook, and Foehn winds


With these here mountains we get a multitude of breezes/winds such as mountain and valley breezes, katabatic winds (Greymouth), and foehn winds cuz the alps (Moray Firth).

New Zealand is coo beans cuz its got choke coastlines.

Two breezes associated with coastlines are:
1.land breezes
2.sea breezes


New Zealand gets both of these winds as it is an island!

Honestly, New Zealand seems like it is windy as fuuuuuu. Probably great for kite flying no?

Interesting side note, on the Southern Island there receives Foehn Winds as mentioned before but they instead call it the "The Nor'wester". As its name hints, these dope ass winds comes from the north west and carries warm moist water from the evaporation of the Tasman sea that is pushed up the alps condensing it and blocked by the mountains leaving the windward side pretty wet and the leeward side dryyyy.

The clouds formed takes a pretty sick arch shape so they call it the Nor'west arch. It looks a lil like this...

Typical Weather and Tourism in New Zealand

*Yaaaay Tourism! Ruining everything that people of nature hold precious*

Solstices

Winter Solstice

New Zealand is beautiful as fuuuuuuuh. Since it lies in the southern hemisphere all the seasons are backwards. This all thanks to the mighty power of the sun. Seasons exist due to the change of the sun rays angle and the Earths tilt. When the southern hemisphere is tilted furthest away from the sun its experiences its shortest day which is considered the Winter Solstice! 

In New Zealand the Winter Solstice occurs on June 21st. During  the month of June New Zealand 's average maximum temperature is 12.2 degrees C (54.0 degrees F). The average minimum temperature is 3.9 degrees C (39.0 degrees). Not too cold but still snuggie worthy.

New Zealand is quite the rainy place so if there is any expected precipitation it will most likely be rain.

Summer Solstice

December is the start of summer in New Zealand meaning that New Zealanders have a cozy hot Christmas! The Summer Solstice occurs on the 22nd of December, just a few days before that great pagan holiday we cherish so much.

During the month of December New Zealand experiences a average maximum temperature of 15.7 degrees C (60.26 degrees F). The average minimum temperature is 11.0 degrees C (51.8 degrees F). Again New Zealand is rainy as shiiiiiii; if precipitation occurs its rain!

Equinoxes

Spring Equinox

Ah, the Spring Equinox... Pretty cool sounding word huh? Equinoxes happen twice a year (Spring and Autumnal)  where the earth is not tilted towards or away from the sun and so is subjected to an almost same amount of day and night!

The Spring equinox for New Zealand occurs on September 23rd and if it were to get dat crazy ass thing called precipitation than it would be rain yo!

The average maximum temperature during September is 10.2 degrees C (50.4 degrees F). The average minimum temperature is 5.7 degrees C (42.3 degrees F).

So... i bet you're wondering when does the Autumnal Equinox happen huh? Well if you guessed Rowburger you would be wrong! That's not even a month! You hungry? Now if you twas smart you would say it was March 20th! 

In March, average maximum temperatures hit 15.5 degrees C (60.0 degrees F). Average minimum temperatures smack 10.6 degrees C (51.1 degrees F). We really should switch to the Celsius scale... but noooo the U.S. is way to coo to do that. Stubborn jackasses. 

Again dat water rain stuff would happen if any precipitation would happen. This is mostly in the cities though as the mountains and mountainous towns get snow seemingly whenever.

Exploitation

If terrorists... I mean voyeurists... shiiiii I mean tourist were looking to come visit and ruin the beauty that is New Zealand, i would recommend that they come in summer after the Summer Solstice. That way they can enjoy the warm temperatures and long days in which to explore the island swimming and/or surfing. 

In summer there isn't really any weather hazards though New Zealand can receive some tropical cyclones or tornado but these are uber weak and usually can't do jack. 

Buuuut, the real reason that i recommend Summer is that due to a low ozone, clear skies, and a closer distance to the sun than Europe, tourists can be brought under siege by terrible sun burns! Muahahaha. 

During the summer UV rays can be unrelenting, even deadly! New Zealand has the highest rate of skin cancer! So go soak it up!

Also, when you go swimming the ripe tides can be beastly and drown your sorry ass. I am not evil, I'm just giving you a heads up. Serves you to trust a college student blogging about a country he's never been to.

But check this out....

Pretty sweet yeah?

"New Zealand.... Bilbro Baggin's Paradise"