Fennels Bay Wind Stats

This chart describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical October. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3070 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Fennels Bay, located 32 km away (20 miles). There are insufficient 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 most common wind at Fennels Bay blows from the SSW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Fennels Bay. Converseley, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 2% of the time (1 days each October) and blows offshore just 23% of the time (4 days in an average October). In a typical October winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 4 days at Fennels Bay

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