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Meridian Energy power production

Want to know more about how we’ve calculated Meridian Energy’s power production?

FOR WIND

To determine yesterday’s total energy potential from wind, we’ve calculated the amount of power produced by Meridian’s West Wind and Te Uku wind farms, using the observed hourly windspeeds at these locations throughout the previous day. The hourly windspeeds are used to calculate the amount of energy each wind farm is able to produce at those speeds.

The Physics of Fog

By MetService Meteorologist Claire Flynn

While the weather conditions that lead to the formation of fog are usually quite benign, fog itself can be very disruptive. In particular the aviation and marine industries are often interested in how fog or mist will affect the visibility for their journeys, though fog also affects road-users. Fog can also make for some excellent photography opportunities, creating an eerie backdrop (as you can see in some of the photos below!)

Cyclone Gita - By the numbers

by MetService Meteorologist Claire Flynn and the forecast team

Tropical Cyclone Gita was named by RSMC Nadi at 5pm on Friday the 9th of February 2018. Initially a Cateogory 1 Tropical Cyclone located west of American Samos, TC Gita curved to pass Niue and then moved westwards directly over Nuku’alofa (southern Tonga) as a Category 4 Tropical Cyclone. It reached Category 5 on 14/02/18, with maximum wind gusts of 205 km/h near the centre. It passed south of Fiji, heading towards New Caledonia, before curving southwards and heading into the Tasman Sea.

Tropical Cyclone Gita Update – 17th February 2018

By MetService Meteorologist Claire Flynn

Please note: all times listed below are in New Zealand local time.

As of 1pm today, TC Gita was a Category 3 Tropical Cyclone, with estimated wind speeds of 117 km/hr near the centre, and a central pressure of 970 hPa. It was located over the waters south of New Caledonia at 24.5S, 166.6E, as shown in the latest forecast track map issued by RSMC Nadi in the map below: