Rabbit/Manana Island Wind Stats

This image describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal July. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with dark blue strongest. It is based on 3720 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Rabbit/Manana Island, located 25 km away (16 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 most common wind at Rabbit/Manana Island blows from the NE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Rabbit/Manana Island. By contrast, 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 (light blue) about 0.6% of the time (0 days each July) and blows offshore just 1.2% of the time (0 days in an average July). Over an average July winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Rabbit/Manana Island

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