Papamoa Beach Park Wind Stats

This chart describes how commonly 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 dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 2867 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Papamoa Beach Park, located 29 km away (18 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 Papamoa Beach Park blows from the NE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Papamoa Beach Park. 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 8% of the time (2 days each November) and blows offshore 25% of the time (1 days in an average November). During a typical November winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 2 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Papamoa Beach Park

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