Double Island Point - East Side Wind Stats

The rose diagram shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical May. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 2838 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Double Island Point - East Side, located 32 km away (20 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 Double Island Point - East Side blows from the ESE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Double Island Point - East Side. Converseley, 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 May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 8% of the time (2 days each May) and blows offshore 17% of the time (5 days in an average May). In a typical May winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Double Island Point - East Side

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