Berrys Beach Wind Stats

This chart illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. The largest 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 showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3347 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Berrys Beach, located 18 km away (11 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 prevailing wind at Berrys Beach blows from the SW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Berrys Beach. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 11% of the time (3 days each November) and blows offshore 31% of the time (4 days in an average November). In a typical November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Berrys Beach

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