Kakapo Wind Stats

This image illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical December. The largest 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 3448 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Kakapo, located 35 km away (22 miles). There are too few 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 most common wind at Kakapo blows from the SW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Kakapo. On the other hand, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average December, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 3% of the time (1 days each December) and blows offshore just 52% of the time (15 days in an average December). During a typical December winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 6 days at Kakapo

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