Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Wind Stats

The figure shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical May. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the strongest winds shown by deep blue. It is based on 3440 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Anawhata Road (Oaonui), located 27 km away (17 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 most common wind at Anawhata Road (Oaonui) blows from the WSW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Anawhata Road (Oaonui). Converseley, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 6% of the time (2 days each May) and blows offshore 21% of the time (6 days in an average May). During a typical May winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 4 days at Anawhata Road (Oaonui)

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