Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu Wind Stats

This image illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal August. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the strongest winds shown by deep blue. It is based on 3472 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu, located 29 km away (18 miles). There are too few 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 most common wind at Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu blows from the ESE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu. Converseley, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 11% of the time (3 days each August) and blows offshore 28% of the time (7 days in an average August). Over an average August wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Otago Peninsula - Pipikaretu

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