The northwest-to-north winds were punctuated with gusts topping 80 mph at some Southern California points.
Guernsey's commercial fishermen say they have lost money because of persistent north easterly winds and low sea temperatures.
Here it joins the Richardson Highway as it winds north from the seaport of Valdez.
Dominant wind direction identified by REMS has surprised some researchers who expected slope effects to produce north-south winds.
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He also noted that so far the winds have blown north, away from the European continent.
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One person has been injured after a film set marquee was ripped off in high winds on the north coast in Northern Ireland.
Here on Brandenburg Beach, the combination of rough North Sea waters and strong winds draws windsurfers from more than 30 nations for the biggest event of its kind.
If air movement up and down the mountain's slope governed wind direction, dominant winds generally would be north-south.
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On Maui's North Shore, where the trade winds gust past 30 mph most days, windsurfers are developing a new repertoire of jumps and aerobatic maneuvers using man-size kites instead of conventional sails.
The instrument has established that winds generally blow east-west on the floor of the crater - something of a surprise to researchers who thought the rover's position close to the northern slopes of Gale's big central mountain might drive winds in a prevailing north-west direction as air moved up and down the peak in a day-night cycle.
In North Carolina, state officials said high winds led to sound side flooding along N.
That's about what it's like trying to control a kitesurfing kite in the gusty trade winds off Maui's North Shore.
The reason has been the persistence of easterly winds from a frozen Continent - winds which have chilled the North Sea to just 4C or 5C.
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The reason is because storms form further out to sea, and there are more chances for a kink in the mid-atmospheric winds to direct them to the north.
Last weekend a combination of heavy seas, tidal forces and winds caused flooding and damage on the North Sea coast from Shetland to East Lothian.
Irene has already ravaged the Bahamas and hit North Carolina early Saturday as a category 1 hurricane with winds over 75 mph.
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Metro-North rail lines could also be closed at any time should winds exceed 40 mph.
Winds in the Bristol area are coming from the north and it is thought the balloons could travel as far as Italy or Portugal.
Residents of more than 1, 000 homes were ordered to leave Saturday as erratic winds pushed a wildfire closer to two foothill communities north of Los Angeles.
Anyone living in the U.K., France, Iceland or other parts of central or southern Europe can thank this clockwise rotation of winds and ocean currents bringing heat and energy from North America for their relatively predictable weather.
Summer visitors see grazing reindeer and Sami camps, and in winter a special bus follows a snow plow up the final eight miles to reach the 1, 000-foot high plateau where, bracing against the winds, you get to stand beside the iconic North Cape globe for photographic proof positive that you have literally stood at the top of the world.
Thunderstorms were expected to bring erratic winds but little rain to the area about 200 miles north of San Francisco.
The fire has moved north and is still burning but the NSW rural fire service said winds had dropped, slowing its progress.
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When the Arctic Oscillation turns negative, that is, when the winds weaken, the cold air normally trapped around the North Pole surges south.
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Winds of up to 105 mph are causing disruption across the North West.
On a notoriously violent patch of the Atlantic Ocean north of Scotland and 160 kilometers west of the Shetland Islands, where winds howl at 80 kilometers an hour and waves can run 30 meters high, a brutish red vessel rolls in a mounting breeze.
An hour north of Hestheimar farm, the tarmac gives way to an unsurfaced road that winds up into the mountains.
About 450 lobsters have been released back into the North Sea after they were forced ashore on the East Yorkshire coast by strong winds.
The waters off North Carolina's coast, for a host of environmental factors including sharp winds, shifting currents, hurricanes and a large shoal off shore, make it particularly dangerous for shipping.
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