Motiti Island Right Wind Stats

The figure describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal April. The longest 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 2880 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Motiti Island Right, located 17 km away (11 miles). There are too few 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 most common wind at Motiti Island Right blows from the NE. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Motiti Island Right. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 12% of the time (4 days each April) and blows offshore 31% of the time (2 days in an average April). Over an average April wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Motiti Island Right

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