Binalong Beach Wind Stats

The rose diagram illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal September. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with deep blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Binalong Beach, located 33 km away (21 miles). There are too few 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 dominant wind at Binalong Beach blows from the SE. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Binalong Beach. Converseley, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical September, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 6% of the time (2 days each September) and blows offshore 28% of the time (8 days in an average September). Over an average September wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Binalong Beach

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