Peppermint Grove Reef Wind Stats

The figure describes 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 suggests the strength, with the strongest winds shown by deep blue. It is based on 3107 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Peppermint Grove Reef, located 48 km away (30 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 dominant wind at Peppermint Grove Reef blows from the WSW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Peppermint Grove Reef. Converseley, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark 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 5% of the time (2 days each November) and blows offshore 58% of the time (15 days in an average November). During a typical November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Peppermint Grove Reef

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