Historian Redmer Yska thinks it is time for Wellingtonians to have a conversation about naming Wellington's wind. It would be an interesting study to see how out of the ordinary the current wind pattern was. ROSS GIBLIN/STUFF Models of proposed buildings have long been tested in the Lower Hutt wind tunnel to see how they would change wind patterns for pedestrians. "That's just because when we've got this situation that's happening now the wind is always being funnelled through Cook Strait," Crabtree said. That was as much driven by optimism and past experience of windy Wellington springs, as one based on science.

Source: Stuff December 03, 2019 00:00 UTC