Kugenuma Rivermouth Wind Stats

This picture describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical October. The largest 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 3471 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Kugenuma Rivermouth, located 35 km away (22 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 prevailing wind at Kugenuma Rivermouth blows from the S. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Kugenuma Rivermouth. 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 October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 2% of the time (1 days each October) and blows offshore just 13% of the time (3 days in an average October). During a typical October wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Kugenuma Rivermouth

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