North Stradbroke-Cylinders Wind Stats

This picture describes how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 2867 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to North Stradbroke-Cylinders, located 11 km away (7 miles). There are insufficient 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 most common wind at North Stradbroke-Cylinders blows from the ENE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at North Stradbroke-Cylinders. On the other hand, dominant spokes show 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 4% of the time (1 days each November) and blows offshore just 13% of the time (4 days in an average November). In a typical November wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at North Stradbroke-Cylinders

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