Tramandai Pier (Platforma) Wind Stats

The rose diagram illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical July. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with deep blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3472 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Tramandai Pier (Platforma), located 20 km away (12 miles). There are insufficient 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 dominant wind at Tramandai Pier (Platforma) blows from the SE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Tramandai Pier (Platforma). Converseley, dominant spokes represent 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 July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 7% of the time (2 days each July) and blows offshore 30% of the time (9 days in an average July). In a typical July wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Tramandai Pier (Platforma)

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