Nahoon Reef Wind Stats

This chart illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical June. The largest 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 showing the strongest winds. It is based on 2786 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Nahoon Reef, located 5 km away (3 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 Nahoon Reef blows from the SSW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Nahoon Reef. By contrast, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 9% of the time (3 days each June) and blows offshore 49% of the time (15 days in an average June). In a typical June winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Nahoon Reef

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