Karramarro Wind Stats

The graph illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal May. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with dark blue strongest. It is based on 3440 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Karramarro, located 27 km away (17 miles). There are insufficient 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 dominant wind at Karramarro blows from the NW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Karramarro. By contrast, 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 May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 22% of the time (7 days each May) and blows offshore 46% of the time (6 days in an average May). Over an average May wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Karramarro

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