Fish Pass Jetty Wind Stats

The figure illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal November. The largest 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 2866 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 not enough 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 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 show favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 5% of the time (2 days each November) and blows offshore 13% of the time (1 days in an average November). Over an average November wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Fish Pass Jetty

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