Washing Machine Wind Stats

This chart shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal September. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with dark blue strongest. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Washing Machine, located 35 km away (22 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 dominant wind at Washing Machine blows from the E. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Washing Machine. 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 September, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 4% of the time (1 days each September) and blows offshore just 6% of the time (2 days in an average September). Over an average September wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Washing Machine

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