Eddies South Shore Wind Stats

This image describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal June. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 2786 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Eddies South Shore, located 21 km away (13 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 prevailing wind at Eddies South Shore blows from the E. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Eddies South Shore. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 11% of the time (3 days each June) and blows offshore 30% of the time (8 days in an average June). Over an average June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Eddies South Shore

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