Lava Rock Wind Stats

This image illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3347 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Lava Rock, located 32 km away (20 miles). There are insufficient 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 Lava Rock blows from the SE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Lava Rock. On the other hand, 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 November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 0.6% of the time (0 days each November) and blows offshore just 5% of the time (1 days in an average November). In a typical November winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 4 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Lava Rock

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