Peanuts Wind Stats

This chart illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical August. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3224 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Peanuts, located 20 km away (12 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 Peanuts blows from the SW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Peanuts. On the other hand, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 0.4% of the time (0 days each August) and blows offshore just 77% of the time (24 days in an average August). In a typical August winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 8 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Peanuts

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