Double Island Point - North Coast Wind Stats

The graph shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal April. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the strongest winds shown by deep blue. It is based on 2880 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Double Island Point - North Coast, located 33 km away (21 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 Double Island Point - North Coast blows from the ESE. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Double Island Point - North Coast. By contrast, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 6% of the time (2 days each April) and blows offshore 72% of the time (10 days in an average April). Over an average April winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Double Island Point - North Coast

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