Hawks Nest-Mungo Brush Wind Stats

The graph describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal May. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3440 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Hawks Nest-Mungo Brush, located 8 km away (5 miles). There are not enough 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 Hawks Nest-Mungo Brush blows from the SE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Hawks Nest-Mungo Brush. Converseley, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 14% of the time (4 days each May) and blows offshore 46% of the time (14 days in an average May). Over an average May wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Hawks Nest-Mungo Brush

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