Hawks Nest-Mungo Brush Wind Stats

This image describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical January. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 3364 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 insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. No doubt some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the most common wind at Hawks Nest-Mungo Brush blows from the SE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Hawks Nest-Mungo Brush. By contrast, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average January, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 6% of the time (2 days each January) and blows offshore 9% of the time (3 days in an average January). During a typical January wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Hawks Nest-Mungo Brush

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