Kitty Miller Bay Wind Stats

This image describes how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical April. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the strongest winds shown by deep blue. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Kitty Miller Bay, located 16 km away (10 miles). There are too few 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 most common wind at Kitty Miller Bay blows from the SW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Kitty Miller Bay. On the other hand, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 14% of the time (4 days each April) and blows offshore 47% of the time (8 days in an average April). In a typical April wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Kitty Miller Bay

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