Wainakarua River Mouth Wind Stats

The figure describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical April. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Wainakarua River Mouth, located 27 km away (17 miles). There are too few 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 Wainakarua River Mouth blows from the SSE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Wainakarua River Mouth. On the other hand, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 12% of the time (4 days each April) and blows offshore 37% of the time (11 days in an average April). In a typical April winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Wainakarua River Mouth

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