Congrats, it is a beautiful bike! That teal is lovely!

Maybe the stem is 'flip-able'; that is, it can be run one way for a negative, downward direction, or the other way for an up-swept position. Keeping yourself low is really helpful in the winds so I would suggest keeping it as low as you can go comfortably. Maybe a fitting could get it dialed in? It sounds like it's setup for someone with more back flexibility or longer arms.