Scott Creek-Reef Wind Stats

This picture describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical April. 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 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Scott Creek-Reef, located 22 km away (14 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 Scott Creek-Reef blows from the WNW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Scott Creek-Reef. Converseley, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more deep 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 (the lightest shade of blue) about 8% of the time (2 days each April) and blows offshore 10% of the time (3 days in an average April). During a typical April winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Scott Creek-Reef

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