Cronulla -The Wall Wind Stats
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The figure illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal April. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 2880 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Cronulla -The Wall, located 32 km away (20 miles). There are too few recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Invevitably some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the dominant wind at Cronulla -The Wall blows from the SE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Cronulla -The Wall. By contrast, 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. During a typical April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 11% of the time (3 days each April) and blows offshore 28% of the time (8 days in an average April). Over an average April winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Cronulla -The Wall