Picoto Wind Stats

The figure shows how commonly 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 implies the strength, with dark blue strongest. It is based on 3472 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Picoto, located 50 km away (31 miles). There are insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Invevitably some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the dominant wind at Picoto blows from the SE. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Picoto. 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. During a typical August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 4% of the time (1 days each August) and blows offshore just 22% of the time (6 days in an average August). Over an average August wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Picoto

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