Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island Wind Stats

The figure illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal August. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with dark blue strongest. It is based on 2976 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island, located 5 km away (3 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 prevailing wind at Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island blows from the SE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 5% of the time (2 days each August) and blows offshore 18% of the time (5 days in an average August). Over an average August wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island

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