Forari Mine Lefts and Rights Wind Stats

The graph illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical May. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 2944 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Forari Mine Lefts and Rights, located 21 km away (13 miles). There are too few 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 Forari Mine Lefts and Rights blows from the ESE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Forari Mine Lefts and Rights. 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 May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 4% of the time (1 days each May) and blows offshore just 8% of the time (1 days in an average May). During a typical May winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Forari Mine Lefts and Rights

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