Moreton Island - Cape Moreton Wind Stats

This chart shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical May. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3440 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Moreton Island - Cape Moreton, located 7 km away (4 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 prevailing wind at Moreton Island - Cape Moreton 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 Moreton Island - Cape Moreton. By contrast, 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 May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 8% of the time (2 days each May) and blows offshore 47% of the time (7 days in an average May). During a typical May winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Moreton Island - Cape Moreton

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