Dunedin - Bobs Beach Wind Stats

This chart shows how commonly 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 strongest winds shown by the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 3574 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Dunedin - Bobs Beach, located 25 km away (16 miles). There are not enough 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 dominant wind at Dunedin - Bobs Beach blows from the S. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Dunedin - Bobs Beach. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark 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 9% of the time (3 days each August) and blows offshore 37% of the time (11 days in an average August). During a typical August winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Dunedin - Bobs Beach

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