Baylys Beach Wind Stats

The rose diagram illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal November. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 3347 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Baylys Beach, located 27 km away (17 miles). There are not enough 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 Baylys Beach blows from the WSW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Baylys Beach. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 9% of the time (3 days each November) and blows offshore 23% of the time (7 days in an average November). Over an average November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Baylys Beach

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