Parsons Beach Wind Stats

The rose diagram shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal August. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 1342 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Parsons Beach, located 41 km away (25 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 Parsons Beach blows from the SSW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Parsons Beach. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 11% of the time (3 days each August) and blows offshore 48% of the time (15 days in an average August). Over an average August wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Parsons Beach

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