Green Point (Cream Point) Wind Stats

The rose diagram shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal August. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 3472 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Green Point (Cream Point), located 40 km away (25 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 Green Point (Cream Point) blows from the W. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Green Point (Cream Point). By contrast, 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 August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 5% of the time (2 days each August) and blows offshore 13% of the time (4 days in an average August). Over an average August winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 4 days at Green Point (Cream Point)

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