Maketu Bar Wind Stats

The rose diagram shows how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical August. The longest 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 deep blue. It is based on 3472 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Maketu Bar, located 28 km away (17 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 Maketu Bar blows from the NNE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Maketu Bar. 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. Over an average August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 7% of the time (2 days each August) and blows offshore 20% of the time (1 days in an average August). In a typical August winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Maketu Bar

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