Cenang Beach (The Cliff) Wind Stats

This chart illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with dark blue strongest. It is based on 3343 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Cenang Beach (The Cliff), located 34 km away (21 miles). There are too few 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 Cenang Beach (The Cliff) blows from the WNW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Cenang Beach (The Cliff). On the other hand, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 22% of the time (7 days each November) and blows offshore 31% of the time (0 days in an average November). During a typical November winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 0 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Cenang Beach (The Cliff)

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