Simpsons Reef Wind Stats

The graph illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical June. The biggest 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 3266 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Simpsons Reef, located 23 km away (14 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 prevailing wind at Simpsons Reef blows from the W. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Simpsons Reef. 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. Over an average June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 13% of the time (4 days each June) and blows offshore 14% of the time (4 days in an average June). During a typical June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Simpsons Reef

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