The Point_Punaluu Wind Stats

This picture shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal May. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the strongest winds shown by the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 3430 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to The Point_Punaluu, located 10 km away (6 miles). There are too few 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 dominant wind at The Point_Punaluu blows from the ESE. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at The Point_Punaluu. Converseley, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more deep 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 3% of the time (1 days each May) and blows offshore just 3% of the time (1 days in an average May). Over an average May winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at The Point_Punaluu

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