Ponquogue The Bowl Wind Stats

This chart illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal December. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3448 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Ponquogue The Bowl, located 38 km away (24 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 prevailing wind at Ponquogue The Bowl blows from the SE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Ponquogue The Bowl. By contrast, dominant spokes show 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 December, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 4% of the time (1 days each December) and blows offshore just 31% of the time (9 days in an average December). Over an average December winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Ponquogue The Bowl

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