Avaavaroa Passage Wind Stats

The graph shows how frequently 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 indicates the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 3574 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Avaavaroa Passage, located 34 km away (21 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 dominant wind at Avaavaroa Passage 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 Avaavaroa Passage. 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 (light blue) about 4% of the time (1 days each August) and blows offshore just 21% of the time (7 days in an average August). In a typical August wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Avaavaroa Passage

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