Shandrani Hotel Wind Stats

This image illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal October. The largest 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 dark blue. It is based on 3471 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Shandrani Hotel, located 74 km away (46 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 dominant wind at Shandrani Hotel blows from the SSW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Shandrani Hotel. Converseley, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 6% of the time (2 days each October) and blows offshore 8% of the time (2 days in an average October). Over an average October winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 3 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Shandrani Hotel

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