Lawrencetown Left Point Wind Stats

The rose diagram describes 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 indicates the strength, with the strongest winds shown by the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 3347 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Lawrencetown Left Point, located 27 km away (17 miles). There are not enough 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 dominant wind at Lawrencetown Left Point blows from the SE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Lawrencetown Left Point. By contrast, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more deep 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 5% of the time (2 days each November) and blows offshore 30% of the time (8 days in an average November). In a typical November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Lawrencetown Left Point

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