Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Wind Stats

The graph describes how frequently 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 strongest. It is based on 3422 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay, located 20 km away (12 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 Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay blows from the ESE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay. 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 May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 18% of the time (6 days each May) and blows offshore 42% of the time (4 days in an average May). During a typical May wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay

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