Flies Wind Stats

This picture illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the strongest winds shown by deep blue. It is based on 2867 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Flies, located 38 km away (24 miles). There are not enough 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 Flies blows from the SW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Flies. 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. Over an average November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 0.7% of the time (0 days each November) and blows offshore just 18% of the time (5 days in an average November). In a typical November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Flies

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