Ngataki Beach and Paxton Point Wind Stats

The graph describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical April. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 2880 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Ngataki Beach and Paxton Point, located 25 km away (16 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 Ngataki Beach and Paxton Point blows from the ENE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Ngataki Beach and Paxton Point. Converseley, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 0.6% of the time (0 days each April) and blows offshore just 3% of the time (1 days in an average April). During a typical April wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Ngataki Beach and Paxton Point

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