Moving air - wind is not really anything else. The atmosphere's constant efforts to equalise (pressure) ensure that we windsurfers are supplied with our staple food - the wind. The whole thing is actually very simple. The air flows from high pressure to low pressure, and the greater the pressure differences, the faster the air moves - in other words, the stronger the wind.
But this simple little game has a number of participants that influence the course of events. The sun plays a particularly important role. In addition, the water in lakes and in the sea - mountains, deserts and, last but not least, the rotation of the earth turn this simple game into a similarly complicated affair as cricket. You have to be a proven specialist to understand the rules, both those of the formation of the winds and those of cricket. To give you a better overview - at least as far as the weather is concerned - we are dedicating a special surf issue to this topic. With the knowledge about winds and their formation, you can save yourself many an "empty run" to the spot in future.
As far as we know, Dr Michael Sachweh has no idea about cricket either. But he knows all the more about wind and weather. He is a meteorologist specialising in maritime and regional climatology - as well as extreme weather: he loves to track tornadoes. He wrote numerous articles for surf magazine back in the nineties and did the "fax weather" - the older ones of you may remember. You could have the weekend wind forecast for your home spot delivered by fax call via a chargeable telephone number - shortly afterwards someone invented the internet...
How has the wind changed?
Michael Sachweh is a passionate sailor, having crossed the Atlantic in the ARC ocean race, among others. He is a book author - including one about his passion "Storm Chasing" - produces weather forecasts for Bayerischer Rundfunk and advises event agencies before major events with his private weather service. And now we have Michael Sachweh on board for this wind special. He explains how the classic trade winds such as the trade wind, mistral and meltemi, as well as lesser-known winds such as the sirocco and bora, develop. Michael will also tell you about their distribution area and which factors strengthen or disrupt them.
We also take a look back: in an interview, Michael Sachweh describes how the winds have changed in recent decades - and why. However, the climate researcher does not answer one question (for good reason, as you will find out in the magazine): How will the wind develop in the future?
Subscribers should have already received the special surf issue "World Wide Winds" at home! It is also available in the Delius Klasing kiosk app To the kiosk app >>
The booklet is not available in the shops - but you can order it here in the Delius Klasing Shop: To the order >>
