Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Wind Stats

The rose diagram illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal October. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with dark blue strongest. It is based on 3471 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay, located 21 km away (13 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 most common wind at Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay blows from the S. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay. 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 8% of the time (2 days each October) and blows offshore 31% of the time (10 days in an average October). Over an average October winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay

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