Double Island Point - East Side Wind Stats

The rose diagram describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal April. The biggest 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 the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 2880 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 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 Double Island Point - East Side blows from the ESE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Double Island Point - East Side. By contrast, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 6% of the time (2 days each April) and blows offshore 13% of the time (4 days in an average April). Over an average April winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Double Island Point - East Side

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