Tokerau Beach or Doubtless Bay Wind Stats

The graph describes how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical May. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the strongest winds shown by deep blue. It is based on 3440 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Tokerau Beach or Doubtless Bay, located 46 km away (29 miles). There are not enough 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 prevailing wind at Tokerau Beach or Doubtless Bay 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 Tokerau Beach or Doubtless Bay. On the other hand, 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 May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 1.6% of the time (0 days each May) and blows offshore just 9% of the time (2 days in an average May). During a typical May winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Tokerau Beach or Doubtless Bay

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