Tanjung Batu Wind Stats
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The graph shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal April. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the strongest winds shown by deep blue. It is based on 3037 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2008, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Tanjung Batu, located 8 km away (5 miles). There are not enough 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 prevailing wind at Tanjung Batu blows from the NNW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Tanjung Batu. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 44% of the time (13 days each April) and blows offshore 48% of the time (0 days in an average April). Over an average April winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 0 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Tanjung Batu