Moolack Wind Stats

The rose diagram illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical August. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 2976 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Moolack, located 40 km away (25 miles). There are not enough 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 Moolack blows from the W. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Moolack. On the other hand, 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 August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 13% of the time (4 days each August) and blows offshore 14% of the time (5 days in an average August). During a typical August wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Moolack

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