Tengah Beach (Bank Negara) Wind Stats

The rose diagram describes how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical September. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Tengah Beach (Bank Negara), located 35 km away (22 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 Tengah Beach (Bank Negara) blows from the WNW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Tengah Beach (Bank Negara). On the other hand, dominant spokes represent 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 September, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 31% of the time (9 days each September) and blows offshore 32% of the time (0 days in an average September). During a typical September winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 1 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Tengah Beach (Bank Negara)

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