Nettley Bay Point Wind Stats

The graph describes how commonly 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 dark blue. It is based on 2880 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Nettley Bay Point, located 13 km away (8 miles). There are insufficient 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 Nettley Bay Point blows from the WSW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Nettley Bay Point. 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 April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 6% of the time (2 days each April) and blows offshore 34% of the time (10 days in an average April). In a typical April winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 4 days at Nettley Bay Point

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