Savu Left Wind Stats

This image illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical May. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3422 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Savu Left, located 22 km away (14 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 prevailing wind at Savu Left blows from the SW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Savu Left. 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 May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 6% of the time (2 days each May) and blows offshore 80% of the time (15 days in an average May). In a typical May winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 7 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Savu Left

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