Rangiora Street Wind Stats

This picture shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical February. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with deep blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3119 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Rangiora Street, located 42 km away (26 miles). There are not enough 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 prevailing wind at Rangiora Street blows from the WSW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Rangiora Street. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average February, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 8% of the time (2 days each February) and blows offshore 21% of the time (1 days in an average February). During a typical February winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Rangiora Street

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