Fraser Island - Maheno Wreck 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 indicates the strength, with the strongest winds shown by deep blue. It is based on 3472 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Fraser Island - Maheno Wreck, located 38 km away (24 miles). There are insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Without question some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the most common wind at Fraser Island - Maheno Wreck blows from the ESE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Fraser Island - Maheno Wreck. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of 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 (the lightest shade of blue) about 9% of the time (3 days each July) and blows offshore 24% of the time (7 days in an average July). Over an average July winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Fraser Island - Maheno Wreck

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