Thicklip Wind Stats

The graph describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical January. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 3364 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Thicklip, located 57 km away (35 miles). There are insufficient 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 dominant wind at Thicklip blows from the SW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Thicklip. By contrast, dominant spokes illustrate 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 January, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 19% of the time (6 days each January) and blows offshore 20% of the time (6 days in an average January). During a typical January winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 1 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Thicklip

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