Gourits Mouth Wind Stats

The graph describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal July. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the strongest winds shown by the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 3472 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Gourits Mouth, located 21 km away (13 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 Gourits Mouth blows from the SSW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Gourits Mouth. By contrast, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 13% of the time (4 days each July) and blows offshore 60% of the time (18 days in an average July). Over an average July winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 4 days at Gourits Mouth

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