Padang Padang Wind Stats

This picture illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal December. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the darkest shade of blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 2953 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Padang Padang, located 24 km away (15 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 dominant wind at Padang Padang blows from the SW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Padang Padang. Converseley, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical December, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 32% of the time (10 days each December) and blows offshore 42% of the time (9 days in an average December). Over an average December wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Padang Padang

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