Ile des Deux Cocos Wind Stats

This picture shows how frequently 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 strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 3440 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Ile des Deux Cocos, located 74 km away (46 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 most common wind at Ile des Deux Cocos blows from the SSW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Ile des Deux Cocos. By contrast, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of 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 9% of the time (3 days each May) and blows offshore 18% of the time (5 days in an average May). In a typical May wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Ile des Deux Cocos

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