Pickop's Point Wind Stats

The figure describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 3113 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Pickop's Point, located 30 km away (19 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 most common wind at Pickop's Point blows from the E. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Pickop's Point. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 0.1% of the time (0 days each November) and blows offshore just 0.1% of the time (0 days in an average November). In a typical November wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Pickop's Point

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