Byron Bay - The Wreck Wind Stats

This picture illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal September. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Byron Bay - The Wreck, located 41 km away (25 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 Byron Bay - The Wreck blows from the SE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Byron Bay - The Wreck. By contrast, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical September, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 7% of the time (2 days each September) and blows offshore 32% of the time (1 days in an average September). Over an average September winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Byron Bay - The Wreck

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