The Bluff-North Side Wind Stats

This image describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal May. 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 3430 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to The Bluff-North Side, located 36 km away (22 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 most common wind at The Bluff-North Side blows from the SW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at The Bluff-North Side. Converseley, 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 May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 8% of the time (2 days each May) and blows offshore 31% of the time (10 days in an average May). Over an average May winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 4 days at The Bluff-North Side

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