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Youngbreezy

1253 posts

Youngbreezy

WA, 1253 posts

5 Jun 2018 8:49am

It's windy if anyone is keen?

wishy

1501 posts

wishy

WA, 1501 posts

5 Jun 2018 3:45pm

It was windy enough at Leighton, Rotto would have been absolutely Honking!!!.
Interesting wind direction too, would have opened up some pretty rare spots to kite in.

Alysum

NSW

1030 posts

Alysum

NSW, 1030 posts

6 Jun 2018 11:21am

wow brown arrows from the north ! Never seen that before... Is this typical for WA ?

Youngbreezy

1253 posts

Youngbreezy

WA, 1253 posts

6 Jun 2018 9:41am

it's definitely not a typical wind for us here but it does happen every so often. When a big front first hits it comes in from the nw and tends to be really strong and gusty.

Also Rottnest is 18km out from the mainland and it gets hit hard

wishy

1501 posts

wishy

WA, 1501 posts

6 Jun 2018 10:15am

Alysum said..
wow brown arrows from the north ! Never seen that before... Is this typical for WA ?

No brown arrows usually come from the South

tightlines

3509 posts

tightlines

WA, 3509 posts

6 Jun 2018 11:11am

Brown arrows are usually from the North, happens a few times a year between June and August (more common in August I believe) they are always gusty frontal winds.

Conditions at Rottnest would have been horribly gusty and downright dangerous.

alverstone

533 posts

alverstone

WA, 533 posts

6 Jun 2018 11:22am

Alysum said..
wow brown arrows from the north ! Never seen that before... Is this typical for WA ?

We get northerlies and, even nicer, NW'lies as a cold front approaches. As it approches from the SW, the front squeezes the west edge of any anticlockwise-turning high. Not full of flies and 40C like a NW'ly in NSW. For that. we wait for any easterlies in early summer...

THE PIN PULLER

472 posts

THE PIN PULLER

WA, 472 posts

6 Jun 2018 11:27am

I had work I'm sick of working when it's windy !!! This addiction is phenomenal. I'm currently thinking of doing my pilots licence just for rental of plane on days off to travel to where the wind is lol

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