Glenelg Rivermouth Wind Stats

The graph describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal May. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with deep blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3192 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Glenelg Rivermouth, located 44 km away (27 miles). There are too few 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 prevailing wind at Glenelg Rivermouth blows from the SW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Glenelg Rivermouth. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 10% of the time (3 days each May) and blows offshore 37% of the time (11 days in an average May). Over an average May winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Glenelg Rivermouth

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