Noosa - Alexandria Bay Wind Stats

The figure shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal June. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3506 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Noosa - Alexandria Bay, located 40 km away (25 miles). There are insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Invevitably some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the prevailing wind at Noosa - Alexandria Bay blows from the SSE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Noosa - Alexandria Bay. By contrast, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 3% of the time (1 days each June) and blows offshore just 15% of the time (4 days in an average June). Over an average June winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Noosa - Alexandria Bay

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