Puwheke Beach Wind Stats

The figure describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal June. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the darkest shade of blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3506 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Puwheke Beach, located 43 km away (27 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 Puwheke Beach blows from the N. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Puwheke Beach. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 0.3% of the time (0 days each June) and blows offshore just 2% of the time (1 days in an average June). Over an average June winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Puwheke Beach

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