Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Wind Stats

This picture describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical June. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 2786 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach, located 24 km away (15 miles). There are not enough 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 Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach blows from the ESE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 7% of the time (2 days each June) and blows offshore 25% of the time (8 days in an average June). During a typical June winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach

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