Noosa - Sunshine Beach Wind Stats

This chart illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical August. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3472 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Noosa - Sunshine Beach, located 40 km away (25 miles). There are too few recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Invevitably some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the most common wind at Noosa - Sunshine Beach blows from the ESE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Noosa - Sunshine Beach. On the other hand, 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 (pale blue) about 7% of the time (2 days each August) and blows offshore 22% of the time (7 days in an average August). During a typical August wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Noosa - Sunshine Beach

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