Rivermouth_Wailuku Wind Stats

This picture illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal October. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 3471 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Rivermouth_Wailuku, located 10 km away (6 miles). There are too few 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 prevailing wind at Rivermouth_Wailuku blows from the NNE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Rivermouth_Wailuku. 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. During a typical October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 7% of the time (2 days each October) and blows offshore 8% of the time (2 days in an average October). Over an average October winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 2 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Rivermouth_Wailuku

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