Fraser Island - Maheno Wreck Wind Stats

This picture describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical April. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Fraser Island - Maheno Wreck, located 38 km away (24 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 dominant wind at Fraser Island - Maheno Wreck blows from the ESE. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Fraser Island - Maheno Wreck. 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 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 11% of the time (3 days in an average April). During a typical April winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Fraser Island - Maheno Wreck

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