Brunswick River-South Wind Stats

This image describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical August. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the strongest winds shown by the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 3574 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Brunswick River-South, located 44 km away (27 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 most common wind at Brunswick River-South blows from the NE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Brunswick River-South. By contrast, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 2% of the time (1 days each August) and blows offshore just 8% of the time (2 days in an average August). In a typical August wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Brunswick River-South

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