All Day Bay Wind Stats

This image shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal November. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 3347 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to All Day Bay, located 34 km away (21 miles). There are too few 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 All Day Bay blows from the SSE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at All Day Bay. 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. During a typical November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 11% of the time (3 days each November) and blows offshore 32% of the time (10 days in an average November). Over an average November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at All Day Bay

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