Vizag (Visakapatanam) - East Point Wind Stats

This picture illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical September. The largest 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 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Vizag (Visakapatanam) - East Point, located 147 km away (91 miles). There are insufficient 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 dominant wind at Vizag (Visakapatanam) - East Point blows from the S. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Vizag (Visakapatanam) - East Point. Converseley, 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 11% of the time (3 days each September) and blows offshore 57% of the time (17 days in an average September). In a typical September winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Vizag (Visakapatanam) - East Point

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