Magic Lands Wind Stats

The figure 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 suggests the strength, with deep blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3347 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Magic Lands, located 31 km away (19 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 prevailing wind at Magic Lands blows from the SW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Magic Lands. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate 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 (pale blue) about 11% of the time (3 days each November) and blows offshore 26% of the time (0 days in an average November). Over an average November wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Magic Lands

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