Tilba Tilba Beach Wind Stats

This picture illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical October. The largest 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 showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3471 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Tilba Tilba Beach, located 39 km away (24 miles). There are too few 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 Tilba Tilba Beach blows from the SSE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Tilba Tilba Beach. On the other hand, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 6% of the time (2 days each October) and blows offshore 11% of the time (3 days in an average October). During a typical October winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Tilba Tilba Beach

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