Lawrencetown Right Point Wind Stats

This chart illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal October. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the strongest winds shown by deep blue. It is based on 3471 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Lawrencetown Right Point, located 22 km away (14 miles). There are not enough recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Invevitably some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the prevailing wind at Lawrencetown Right Point blows from the SSE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Lawrencetown Right Point. On the other hand, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 7% of the time (2 days each October) and blows offshore 37% of the time (11 days in an average October). Over an average October winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Lawrencetown Right Point

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