Wainakarua River Mouth Wind Stats

The figure illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical June. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3384 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Wainakarua River Mouth, located 27 km away (17 miles). There are too few recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Invevitably some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the most common wind at Wainakarua River Mouth blows from the SSE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Wainakarua River Mouth. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 10% of the time (3 days each June) and blows offshore 48% of the time (14 days in an average June). In a typical June winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Wainakarua River Mouth

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