Njerve Pipeline Wind Stats

This picture describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with deep blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 2867 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Njerve Pipeline, located 11 km away (7 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 prevailing wind at Njerve Pipeline blows from the SSW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Njerve Pipeline. Converseley, 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 November, 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 November) and blows offshore just 6% of the time (0 days in an average November). During a typical November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Njerve Pipeline

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