Agnes Waters Wind Stats

This chart illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal January. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3364 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Agnes Waters, located 27 km away (17 miles). There are insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Without question some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the prevailing wind at Agnes Waters blows from the ENE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Agnes Waters. Converseley, 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 January, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 3% of the time (1 days each January) and blows offshore just 4% of the time (1 days in an average January). Over an average January winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Agnes Waters

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