Mntafufu Wind Stats

This picture illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical December. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 3448 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Mntafufu, located 39 km away (24 miles). There are insufficient 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 dominant wind at Mntafufu blows from the SE. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Mntafufu. Converseley, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average December, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 5% of the time (2 days each December) and blows offshore 14% of the time (4 days in an average December). During a typical December winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Mntafufu

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