Playgrounds (Nusa Lembongan) Wind Stats

The figure shows how commonly 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 deep blue strongest. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Playgrounds (Nusa Lembongan), located 36 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 dominant wind at Playgrounds (Nusa Lembongan) blows from the SSW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Playgrounds (Nusa Lembongan). 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. Over an average April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 27% of the time (8 days each April) and blows offshore 86% of the time (5 days in an average April). During a typical April winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 1 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Playgrounds (Nusa Lembongan)

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