Fish Pass Jetty Wind Stats

The figure describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal October. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the darkest shade of blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3117 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Fish Pass Jetty, located 34 km away (21 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 Fish Pass Jetty blows from the ESE. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Fish Pass Jetty. 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 October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 5% of the time (2 days each October) and blows offshore 11% of the time (1 days in an average October). Over an average October wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Fish Pass Jetty

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