Osaki Point Wind Stats

The rose diagram describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical June. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 2786 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Osaki Point, located 29 km away (18 miles). There are too few recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Without question some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the most common wind at Osaki Point blows from the SSE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Osaki Point. Converseley, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 23% of the time (7 days each June) and blows offshore 49% of the time (14 days in an average June). During a typical June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Osaki Point

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