Paritutu and Ngamotu Beach Wind Stats

The rose diagram illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal May. The longest 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 showing the strongest winds. It is based on 2878 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Paritutu and Ngamotu Beach, located 8 km away (5 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 most common wind at Paritutu and Ngamotu Beach blows from the W. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Paritutu and Ngamotu Beach. On the other hand, 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. During a typical May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 11% of the time (3 days each May) and blows offshore 33% of the time (10 days in an average May). Over an average May winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Paritutu and Ngamotu Beach

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