Coco Pipe Wind Stats

This picture describes how often 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 dark blue. It is based on 3266 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Coco Pipe, located 27 km away (17 miles). There are not enough 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 most common wind at Coco Pipe blows from the ENE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Coco Pipe. By contrast, dominant spokes represent 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 (light blue) about 1.5% of the time (0 days each June) and blows offshore just 9% of the time (2 days in an average June). In a typical June winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 8 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Coco Pipe

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