Waitpinga Wind Stats

This chart illustrates how commonly 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 indicates the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 1342 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Waitpinga, located 41 km away (25 miles). There are not enough recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Without question some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the most common wind at Waitpinga blows from the SSW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Waitpinga. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark 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 41% of the time (13 days in an average August). Over an average August wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Waitpinga

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