Roaring Forties

Weather conditions in the area can be extreme, with the Roaring Forties wind being a particular problem.

In the Roaring Forties he allegedly collided with a whale.

The boundaries of the Roaring Forties are not consistent, and shift north or south depending on the season.

When you get down to the Roaring Forties, you're cold and wet, and there are no showers.

Today the islands are subjected to the Roaring Forties, winds that shape both their geography and climate.

Tetley was just entering the Roaring Forties, and encountering strong winds.

"To run the easting down" was the phrase used to describe the fast passages achieved in the Roaring Forties.

Cruise the southern ocean - Roaring Forties."

Thus it took advantage of the strong westerly winds for which the Roaring Forties are named, greatly increasing travel speed.

New Zealand is right in the path of the Roaring Forties, creating an excellent resource for wind generation.

The moisture is driven onshore by prevailing westerly winds, the Roaring Forties.

The west coast receives almost continuous wind at an average speed of 35 km/h, due to the islands' location in the Roaring Forties.

Thorp was a native of New York, born and raised in the neighborhood known as the "Roaring Forties."

Roaring Forties is an album by Peter Hammill, released on his own Fie!

Round-the-world sailors also take advantage of the Roaring Forties to speed travel times, in particular those involved in record attempts or races.

It was an exposed and particularly vulnerable anchorage which was susceptible to the prevailing local weather of the Roaring Forties.

There are nearly always strong currents and high winds in Drakes Passage-called the Roaring Forties.

The strongest westerly winds in the middle latitudes can come in the Roaring Forties, between 40 and 50 degrees latitude.

Further south still, the Roaring Forties begin - those empty expanses of the 'Southern Ocean' which stretch right around the world at this latitude.

Despite his analysis that Teignmouth Electron was not up to the severe conditions which she would face in the Roaring Forties, he pressed on.

The Roaring Forties is the name given to strong westerly winds found in the Southern Hemisphere, generally between the latitudes of 40 and 50 degrees.

The route ran from west to east through the Southern Ocean, in order to make use of the strong westerly winds of the Roaring Forties.

Crawford, Allan - Tristan da Cunha and the 'Roaring Forties'.

The yacht navigated approximately 600 miles in the most hazardous oceans, including circling Cape Horn, passing through the Roaring Forties.

A work in progress is The Algonquin Round Table's New York, also from Roaring Forties Press.