Coevity Island Cocktails Wind Stats

This chart shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical May. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 3406 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Coevity Island Cocktails, located 51 km away (32 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 Coevity Island Cocktails blows from the SSE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Coevity Island Cocktails. By contrast, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 2% of the time (1 days each May) and blows offshore just 7% of the time (2 days in an average May). In a typical May winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 7 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Coevity Island Cocktails

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