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This picture shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal July. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3472 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Smoothwater Bay, located 8 km away (5 miles). There are not enough 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 Smoothwater Bay blows from the NW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Smoothwater Bay. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 3% of the time (1 days each July) and blows offshore just 9% of the time (3 days in an average July). Over an average July wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Smoothwater Bay