Paia Bay Wind Stats

The rose diagram shows how commonly 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 the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 2867 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Paia Bay, located 15 km away (9 miles). There are too few 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 Paia Bay blows from the NNE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Paia Bay. On the other hand, dominant spokes show 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 (light blue) about 7% of the time (2 days each November) and blows offshore 15% of the time (4 days in an average November). In a typical November winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 3 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Paia Bay

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