Mahabalipuram (Shore Temple) Wind Stats

The figure illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. The largest 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 deep blue. It is based on 3347 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Mahabalipuram (Shore Temple), located 35 km away (22 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 dominant wind at Mahabalipuram (Shore Temple) blows from the ESE. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Mahabalipuram (Shore Temple). Converseley, 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. Over an average November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 8% of the time (2 days each November) and blows offshore 12% of the time (3 days in an average November). During a typical November wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Mahabalipuram (Shore Temple)

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