Castlepoint - The Gap Wind Stats

The rose diagram shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3347 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Castlepoint - The Gap, located 26 km away (16 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 prevailing wind at Castlepoint - The Gap blows from the ESE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Castlepoint - The Gap. 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. Over an average November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 4% of the time (1 days each November) and blows offshore just 22% of the time (0 days in an average November). In a typical November wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Castlepoint - The Gap

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