Noosa - Alexandria Bay Wind Stats

This picture shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal July. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 3720 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Noosa - Alexandria Bay, located 40 km away (25 miles). There are not enough 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 most common wind at Noosa - Alexandria Bay blows from the SSE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Noosa - Alexandria Bay. On the other hand, dominant spokes show 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 July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 4% of the time (1 days each July) and blows offshore just 16% of the time (5 days in an average July). Over an average July winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Noosa - Alexandria Bay

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