Awakino River Mouth Wind Stats

The rose diagram describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical April. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the strongest winds shown by deep blue. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Awakino River Mouth, located 21 km away (13 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 prevailing wind at Awakino River Mouth blows from the W. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Awakino River Mouth. By contrast, 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 April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 16% of the time (5 days each April) and blows offshore 35% of the time (2 days in an average April). In a typical April winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Awakino River Mouth

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