Tapi Point Wind Stats

This chart shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal July. The longest 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 strongest. It is based on 3472 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Tapi Point, located 28 km away (17 miles). There are not enough 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 Tapi Point blows from the SSE. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Tapi Point. By contrast, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more dark 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 (light blue) about 1.1% of the time (0 days each July) and blows offshore just 3% of the time (1 days in an average July). Over an average July wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Tapi Point

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