Port Kembla Beach Wind Stats

The graph shows how often 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 strongest winds shown by the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 3471 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Port Kembla Beach, located 8 km away (5 miles). There are too few 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 prevailing wind at Port Kembla Beach blows from the SE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Port Kembla Beach. On the other hand, 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 (pale blue) about 10% of the time (3 days each October) and blows offshore 27% of the time (8 days in an average October). Over an average October wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Port Kembla Beach

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