Mimiwhangata Wind Stats

The figure illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal September. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the darkest shade of blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Mimiwhangata, located 10 km away (6 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 Mimiwhangata blows from the N. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Mimiwhangata. Converseley, 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 September, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 0.7% of the time (0 days each September) and blows offshore just 3% of the time (1 days in an average September). Over an average September wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Mimiwhangata

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