Napier - Hardings Road Wind Stats

The figure illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical July. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with deep blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3720 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Napier - Hardings Road, located 8 km away (5 miles). There are insufficient 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 prevailing wind at Napier - Hardings Road blows from the E. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Napier - Hardings Road. By contrast, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 11% of the time (3 days each July) and blows offshore 23% of the time (1 days in an average July). During a typical July wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Napier - Hardings Road

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