Horse Head Reef Wind Stats

This picture describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal November. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3347 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Horse Head Reef, located 37 km away (23 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 Horse Head Reef blows from the NNE. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Horse Head Reef. On the other hand, dominant spokes represent 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 (pale blue) about 3% of the time (1 days each November) and blows offshore just 25% of the time (3 days in an average November). Over an average November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Horse Head Reef

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