Akabane Long Beach Wind Stats

This picture shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the darkest shade of blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3347 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Akabane Long Beach, located 21 km away (13 miles). There are insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Invevitably some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the prevailing wind at Akabane Long Beach blows from the SE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Akabane Long Beach. By contrast, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 12% of the time (4 days each November) and blows offshore 48% of the time (12 days in an average November). During a typical November wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Akabane Long Beach

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