Cable Station Reef Wind Stats

This image illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical June. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the strongest winds shown by deep blue. It is based on 3506 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Cable Station Reef, located 23 km away (14 miles). There are insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Invevitably some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the prevailing wind at Cable Station Reef blows from the WNW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Cable Station Reef. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 0.6% of the time (0 days each June) and blows offshore just 3% of the time (1 days in an average June). In a typical June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Cable Station Reef

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