Chapel Point Wind Stats

This image shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical January. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with dark blue strongest. It is based on 3363 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Chapel Point, located 28 km away (17 miles). There are too few 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 prevailing wind at Chapel Point blows from the NE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Chapel Point. 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 January, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 3% of the time (1 days each January) and blows offshore just 19% of the time (2 days in an average January). In a typical January winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Chapel Point

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