Blue Duck Stream Wind Stats

The figure shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal August. 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 the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 3574 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Blue Duck Stream, 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 dominant wind at Blue Duck Stream 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 Blue Duck Stream. Converseley, dominant spokes show 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 August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 14% of the time (4 days each August) and blows offshore 31% of the time (9 days in an average August). Over an average August winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Blue Duck Stream

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