Niyodo Rivermouth Wind Stats

The graph describes how commonly 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 implies the strength, with the strongest winds shown by the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 2976 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Niyodo Rivermouth, located 62 km away (39 miles). There are insufficient 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 dominant wind at Niyodo Rivermouth blows from the S. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Niyodo Rivermouth. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more deep 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 11% of the time (3 days each July) and blows offshore 16% of the time (5 days in an average July). Over an average July wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Niyodo Rivermouth

read more