Port Waikato-The Reef Wind Stats

This image shows 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 the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3590 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Port Waikato-The Reef, located 22 km away (14 miles). There are insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. No doubt some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the most common wind at Port Waikato-The Reef blows from the WSW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Port Waikato-The Reef. Converseley, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of 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 7% of the time (2 days each August) and blows offshore 26% of the time (8 days in an average August). Over an average August winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 6 days at Port Waikato-The Reef

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