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8 Meteorological Service of New Zealand Ltd Annual Report 2011
We’re here to talk about... Backing our boys in black The final touches to four years’ planning and strategising by the All Blacks management hang on our last-minute weather briefings. Wind direction and strength affects which way the team opts to play if they win the toss, and shapes the kicking game: soaring spiral kicks with the wind, short flat kicks into it. Rain demands longer boot sprigs to handle the greasy conditions. MetService has teamed up with the New Zealand Rugby Union to help the All Blacks in their bid for World Cup glory. Our official partnership includes tailored written forecasts and daily phone calls to All Black management in the lead-up to each game. That’s on top of daily conference calls and access to MetConnect, a commercial and secure internet weather service available to all the teams and tournament organisers. July 2011’s rugby test against South Africa in Wellington was a perfect trial run. MetService briefed the All Blacks about a biting southerly that would roar in during the game. Coaches tweaked their tactics and the home team won 40-7 (although we can’t take ‘full credit’ for that)! Checks on our 2010 weather records to see what might be in store this spring, highlighted what a challenge the team could be facing. Last September and October, 116 severe weather warnings were issued around New Zealand. A Southland snowfall collapsed a new stadium roof, a tornado ripped through Taranaki, a Wellington thunderstorm cut power across the lower North Island, Otago gales brought down power lines and upended vehicles, snow closed the Desert Road and in Christchurch it got so cold a Ranfurly Shield parade was cancelled. In the same period, 139 lightning strikes were recorded within a 20km radius of New Zealand’s major rugby venues. One lightning strike could plunge the team into darkness. Then again, one loss could have the same effect on the whole country! We can’t change the weather but hopefully we can have some influence on the outcome for our team on 23 October. Meteorological Service of New Zealand Ltd Annual Report 2011 9
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