Joss Bay Wind Stats

The graph describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical August. The largest 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 deep blue. It is based on 3579 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Joss Bay, located 13 km away (8 miles). There are not enough 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 most common wind at Joss Bay blows from the N. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Joss Bay. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 3% of the time (1 days each August) and blows offshore just 11% of the time (0 days in an average August). In a typical August winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 1 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Joss Bay

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