South Point Wind Stats

The graph shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal May. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 3422 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to South Point, 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 most common wind at South Point blows from the E. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at South Point. 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 May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 0% of the time (0 days each May) and blows offshore just 0.4% of the time (0 days in an average May). Over an average May winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 9 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at South Point

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