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Dunedin - Middle Beach (Moana Rua) Wind Stats

Wind Stats

(% offshore)

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(any wind direction)

This image illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal March. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 3460 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Dunedin - Middle Beach (Moana Rua), located 10 km away (6 miles). There are too few 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 most common wind at Dunedin - Middle Beach (Moana Rua) blows from the S. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Dunedin - Middle Beach (Moana Rua). Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate 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 March, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 12% of the time (4 days each March) and blows offshore 33% of the time (10 days in an average March). Over an average March winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Dunedin - Middle Beach (Moana Rua)

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