1st Street Jetty Wind Stats

This picture describes how often 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 implies the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 2867 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to 1st Street Jetty, located 47 km away (29 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 most common wind at 1st Street Jetty blows from the ESE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at 1st Street Jetty. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark 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 6% of the time (2 days each November) and blows offshore 27% of the time (7 days in an average November). Over an average November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at 1st Street Jetty

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