Sealers Cove (Wilsons Promontory) Wind Stats

The graph describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical April. The longest 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 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 Sealers Cove (Wilsons Promontory), located 6 km away (4 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 prevailing wind at Sealers Cove (Wilsons Promontory) blows from the SSE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Sealers Cove (Wilsons Promontory). By contrast, 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. Over an average April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 0.5% of the time (0 days each April) and blows offshore just 1.1% of the time (0 days in an average April). In a typical April winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 0 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Sealers Cove (Wilsons Promontory)

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