La Perouse Bay/The Dumps Wind Stats

The graph describes how frequently 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 implies the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3720 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to La Perouse Bay/The Dumps, located 13 km away (8 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 La Perouse Bay/The Dumps blows from the S. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at La Perouse Bay/The Dumps. On the other hand, dominant spokes represent 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 (pale blue) about 2% of the time (1 days each July) and blows offshore just 49% of the time (4 days in an average July). Over an average July wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at La Perouse Bay/The Dumps

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