Vazon Bay - T'Otherside Wind Stats

The rose diagram describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical September. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Vazon Bay - T'Otherside, located 9 km away (6 miles). There are insufficient 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 Vazon Bay - T'Otherside blows from the W. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Vazon Bay - T'Otherside. Converseley, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average September, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 6% of the time (2 days each September) and blows offshore 17% of the time (1 days in an average September). In a typical September winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Vazon Bay - T'Otherside

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