Hammonds Reef Wind Stats

This chart describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. 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 the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 3347 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Hammonds Reef, located 48 km away (30 miles). There are too few recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Without question some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the most common wind at Hammonds Reef blows from the W. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Hammonds Reef. Converseley, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 21% of the time (6 days each November) and blows offshore 45% of the time (1 days in an average November). During a typical November wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Hammonds Reef

read more