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Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Wind Stats

Wind Stats

(% offshore)

All Swells

(any wind direction)

The figure describes how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical March. The biggest 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 Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu, located 29 km away (18 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 most common wind at Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu blows from the ESE. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu. 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. Over an average March, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 9% of the time (3 days each March) and blows offshore 23% of the time (4 days in an average March). In a typical March wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu

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