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Picnic Bay (Wilsons Promontory) Wind Stats

Wind Stats

(% offshore)

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(any wind direction)

This image shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal March. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3212 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Picnic Bay (Wilsons Promontory), located 18 km away (11 miles). There are not enough recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Invevitably some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the most common wind at Picnic Bay (Wilsons Promontory) blows from the SW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Picnic Bay (Wilsons Promontory). By contrast, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical March, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 10% of the time (3 days each March) and blows offshore 32% of the time (0 days in an average March). Over an average March winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Picnic Bay (Wilsons Promontory)

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