Mini Bluff Wind Stats

The rose diagram describes how frequently 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 indicates the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3471 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Mini Bluff, located 41 km away (25 miles). There are too few recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. No doubt some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the prevailing wind at Mini Bluff blows from the N. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Mini Bluff. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate 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 0.5% of the time (0 days each October) and blows offshore just 2% of the time (1 days in an average October). In a typical October wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Mini Bluff

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