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'''Tehuantepecer''' is a violent [[mountain-gap wind]] traveling along [[Chivela Pass]]. It originates in the [[Bay of Campeche]] as a northerly wind which crosses the isthmus and blows through the gap between the Mexican and Guatemalan mountains. The synoptic condition is associated with high forming in [[Sierra Madre]]. The wind reaches 20–40kt and on occasions 100kt. The outflow may form [[rope cloud]] over the [[Gulf of Tehuantepec]]. These winds can be observed on satellite pictures such as [[scatterometer winds]] measurements, they influence waves, propagating as swell and sometimes observed 1000 miles away (e.g., in [[Galapagos Islands]]). These strong winds bring cooler sub-surface waters and may last 4–7 days. |
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{{dablink|For other places with the same name, see [[Harefield (disambiguation)]].}} |
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|country = England |
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|map_type = Greater London |
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|region= London |
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|population= |
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|official_name= Harefield |
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|post_town= UXBRIDGE |
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|postcode_area= UB |
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|postcode_district= UB9 |
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|london_borough= Hillingdon |
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|dial_code= 01895 |
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|os_grid_reference= TQ055905 |
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|latitude= 51.6034 |
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|longitude= -0.4780 |
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|static_image= [[Image:Harefield Church.JPG|200px]] |
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|static_image_caption= St Mary the Virgin Church, Harefield |
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'''Harefield''' is a [[village]] in the [[London Borough of Hillingdon]] in [[Greater London]]. It is located 17 miles (27 km) north west of [[Charing Cross]]. It is situated on top of a hill and just inside the north-west boundary of Greater London and the [[M25 motorway]]. |
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Harefield is famous for its hospital, where pioneering heart surgery techniques were developed. Nearby is [[Mount Vernon Hospital]], known for its plastic surgery and oncology departments amongst others. |
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*Steenburgh, W. J., D. M. Schultz, B. A. Colle, 1998: The Structure and Evolution of Gap Outflo over the Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 126, pp. 2673-2691 |
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Harefield is also home to an Elite Gymnastics Academy. The Harefield Academy, Northwood Way, Harefield opened in September 2005 on the John Penrose School site.<ref>[http://www.theharefieldacademy.org The Harefield Academy website]</ref> |
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*Romero-Centeno R, Zavala-Hidalgo J, Gallegos A, et al., Isthmus of Tehuantepec wind climatology and ENSO signal, JOURNAL OF CLIMATE 16 (15): 2628-2639 AUG 1 2003 |
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==History== |
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==Notable buildings== |
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===St Mary the Virgin Church=== |
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The church cemetery at St. Mary the Virgin, on Church Hill, houses the graves of over 100 soldiers of the [[First Australian Imperial Force]] who died at No. 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Harefield Park Hospital) after being wounded in [[World War I]]. The hospital became Harefield prior to WWII. Each year on [[Anzac Day]] a commemoration service is attended by local dignitaries, representatives from the Australian and New Zealand governments, local school children and many retired servicemen. Following the church service the congregation move to the cemetery and form around the Anzac memorial. The last post and reveille are played, followed by a wreath laying ceremony. Local school children also place flowers on the well kept grave sites. |
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===Manor of Harefield=== |
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The ancient Manor of Harefield was held by the [[Newdigate family]] from about 1440. The old Manor house, [[Harefield Place]], adjacent to [[St Mary the Virgin]] church, was replaced in 1786 when a new mansion house was built at Harefield Lodge. The old 'Harefield Place' fell into disrepair and was demolished in 1813, whereupon the new Manor house became known as Harefield Place. It was sold by [[Charles Newdigate Newdegate]] in 1877. In 1938 it was acquired by the local authority to serve as a hospital. In 1959 the land was redeveloped and is now the Harefield Place Golf Club. |
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Harefield House, a Grade 2 [[listed building]], High Street, Harefield, was built by Sir [[Roger Newdigate]] in about 1750. From about 1765 to 1809 it was occupied by [[J M Bruhl]]. During World War I it served as No. 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital. In 1937 it was acquired by the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]] and was occupied by the Aeronautical Inspection Directorate. After 1982 the building was restored and converted to office use. |
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==Sport== |
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Harefield is home to Harefield Cricket Club, whose First and Second teams play their matches at the Woods Cricket Ground on Breakspear Road North, and whose Third XI play home games at Hervines Park, in the nearby town of [[Amersham]]. |
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==Famous residents== |
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*[[Brian Connolly]], lead singer with the highly popular 1970s [[glam rock]] band [[The Sweet]], lived at 126 Ash Grove, Harefield. Mike Jerome, later to find fame as a [[comedian]], lived across the road and was a childhood friend. Arriving as a 12 year old from [[Glasgow]], Connolly lived and was schooled in Harefield from 1957. As an adolescent, Connolly played in a country and western band with Jerome until he found musical fame with The Sweet in the early 1970s. Connolly used the name of his adoptive family McManus during his Harefield days. Achieving great fame and wealth he loved the area, residing in [[Hayes, Hillingdon|Hayes]] in his early pop-star days and was living in nearby [[Denham, Buckinghamshire|Denham]] when he died in 1997. |
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==Transport== |
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===Trains=== |
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Although there is no tube or railway station in Harefield, three buses serve different locations which have tube stations on the [[Metropolitan line]] and/or [[Piccadilly line]]. These are: [[Uxbridge]], [[Ruislip]], [[Northwood, London|Northwood]] and [[Rickmansworth]]. Rickmansworth is also on the [[Chiltern Railway]]. |
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===Buses=== |
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*Bus from [[Uxbridge]]: U9 |
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*Bus from [[Ruislip]]/[[Northwood, London|Northwood]]: 331 |
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*Bus from [[Rickmansworth]]: R21 |
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===Nearest railway stations=== |
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* [[Denham railway station]] |
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* [[Rickmansworth station]] |
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* [[Gerrards Cross railway station]] |
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==Nearest places== |
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* [[Ickenham]] |
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* [[Ruislip]] |
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* [[Northwood, London|Northwood]] |
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* [[Maple Cross]] |
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* [[Rickmansworth]] |
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{{Reflist}} |
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*Bourassa MA, Zamudio L, O'Brien JJ, Noninertial flow in NSCAT observations of Tehuantepec winds, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS 104 (C5): 11311-11319 MAY 15 1999 |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/harefield/doc.htm Harefield Park Hospital], [[Australian War Memorial]], 11 June 1974 |
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*Chelton DB, Freilich MH, Esbensen SK, Satellite observations of the wind jets off the Pacific coast of Central America. Part I: Case studies and statistical characteristics, MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW 128 (7): 1993-2018 Part 1 JUL 2000 |
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Revision as of 02:16, 12 October 2008
Tehuantepecer is a violent mountain-gap wind traveling along Chivela Pass. It originates in the Bay of Campeche as a northerly wind which crosses the isthmus and blows through the gap between the Mexican and Guatemalan mountains. The synoptic condition is associated with high forming in Sierra Madre. The wind reaches 20–40kt and on occasions 100kt. The outflow may form rope cloud over the Gulf of Tehuantepec. These winds can be observed on satellite pictures such as scatterometer winds measurements, they influence waves, propagating as swell and sometimes observed 1000 miles away (e.g., in Galapagos Islands). These strong winds bring cooler sub-surface waters and may last 4–7 days.
References
- Steenburgh, W. J., D. M. Schultz, B. A. Colle, 1998: The Structure and Evolution of Gap Outflo over the Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 126, pp. 2673-2691
- Romero-Centeno R, Zavala-Hidalgo J, Gallegos A, et al., Isthmus of Tehuantepec wind climatology and ENSO signal, JOURNAL OF CLIMATE 16 (15): 2628-2639 AUG 1 2003
- Bourassa MA, Zamudio L, O'Brien JJ, Noninertial flow in NSCAT observations of Tehuantepec winds, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS 104 (C5): 11311-11319 MAY 15 1999
- Chelton DB, Freilich MH, Esbensen SK, Satellite observations of the wind jets off the Pacific coast of Central America. Part I: Case studies and statistical characteristics, MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW 128 (7): 1993-2018 Part 1 JUL 2000