Don't know if anyone remembers but there was a post here a fair while back about how the tide or change of tide can effect the wind. I think it was something like it gets windier on an incoming tide as it brings cooler water closer to shore.
When this was mentioned to a metocean modeller at work they wern't convinced and said that the tide would only have a minimal effect (if any) on the wind.
Does anyone remember the details of the tide theory or have a link to the origninal post?
Cheers
Jimmy
I doubt the small tides near Perth would have any noticable effect on the wind.
The wind however has a significant effect on the recorded tide.
www.transport.wa.gov.au/imarine/19273.asp
The tide can be predicted many years in advance by calculating the position of the moon and sun relative to a place on the earth. However local weather conditions can not be predicted so far in advance.
One would see many local reefs protruding above the ocean when a strong offshore combines with a predicted low tide.
The opposite happens with a storm surge: When a strong winter storm combines with a predicted high tide the recorded tide has been close to 2m.
It may be worth investigating (googling) the effect large tides that happen in the northern part of Australia have on local wind conditions. The volume of water that these tides move around is staggering.
In whyalla we have a fairly large tide and it does bring in the wind when there is a seabreeze forcast. and on a regular day that is windy the wind will pick up in the first 2 hrs of the incoming tide and then die off after that. A seabreeze on a dodge or bad tide will never be as strong in whyalla. I dont know why but thats just the way it seems.
In Port Moresby, the wind is always stronger on incoming tides, The wind will also ease off during the change of tides.
Heres the link to when it was discussed before www.seabreeze.com.au/Forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=40566 It seems that the incoming tide brings in colder water, which in turn causes a larger temperature difference between land and sea which increases the strength of the seabreeze. As for how much the wind increases because of this it would be very difficult to measure
