Aoshima Wind Stats

This chart describes how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3347 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Aoshima, located 34 km away (21 miles). There are not enough 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 Aoshima blows from the ESE. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Aoshima. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 13% of the time (4 days each November) and blows offshore 29% of the time (8 days in an average November). During a typical November wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Aoshima

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