Drive by right (Fonua one one) Wind Stats

This picture shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical April. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the strongest winds shown by deep blue. It is based on 2880 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Drive by right (Fonua one one), located 21 km away (13 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 most common wind at Drive by right (Fonua one one) 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 Drive by right (Fonua one one). By contrast, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 5% of the time (2 days each April) and blows offshore 14% of the time (4 days in an average April). During a typical April winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 4 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Drive by right (Fonua one one)

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