Super Suck Wind Stats

This picture illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical August. The largest 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 3472 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Super Suck, located 27 km away (17 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 Super Suck blows from the SW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Super Suck. 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. Over an average August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 1.2% of the time (0 days each August) and blows offshore just 100% of the time (30 days in an average August). In a typical August winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 5 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Super Suck

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