Okiwi - Whangapoua Estuary Wind Stats

The figure shows how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal June. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with deep 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 Okiwi - Whangapoua Estuary, located 17 km away (11 miles). There are too few recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. No doubt some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the dominant wind at Okiwi - Whangapoua Estuary blows from the NE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Okiwi - Whangapoua Estuary. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 3% of the time (1 days each June) and blows offshore just 23% of the time (3 days in an average June). Over an average June winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Okiwi - Whangapoua Estuary

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