Pulau Pisang Wind Stats

The rose diagram illustrates 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 darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3590 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Pulau Pisang, located 40 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 prevailing wind at Pulau Pisang blows from the SSW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Pulau Pisang. By contrast, dominant spokes represent 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 (the lightest shade of blue) about 16% of the time (5 days each August) and blows offshore 28% of the time (9 days in an average August). Over an average August winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 3 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Pulau Pisang

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