1st Street Jetty Wind Stats

This image shows how frequently 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 indicates the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 2880 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to 1st Street Jetty, located 47 km away (29 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 dominant wind at 1st Street Jetty 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 1st Street Jetty. By contrast, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more deep 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 24% of the time (7 days in an average April). Over an average April winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at 1st Street Jetty

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