Nai Yang Reef - Airport Reef Wind Stats

The figure illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal July. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 2976 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Nai Yang Reef - Airport Reef, located 33 km away (21 miles). There are not enough 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 Nai Yang Reef - Airport Reef blows from the WSW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Nai Yang Reef - Airport Reef. Converseley, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 12% of the time (4 days each July) and blows offshore 15% of the time (4 days in an average July). Over an average July winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Nai Yang Reef - Airport Reef

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