Motiti Island - Kaiwakawaka ree Wind Stats

This image describes how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal April. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with deep blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Motiti Island - Kaiwakawaka ree, located 15 km away (9 miles). There are not enough 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 Motiti Island - Kaiwakawaka ree blows from the NE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Motiti Island - Kaiwakawaka ree. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate 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 April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 12% of the time (4 days each April) and blows offshore 33% of the time (8 days in an average April). Over an average April wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Motiti Island - Kaiwakawaka ree

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