Double Island Point - East Side Wind Stats

This picture illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal September. 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 2880 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Double Island Point - East Side, located 32 km away (20 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 most common wind at Double Island Point - East Side blows from the E. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Double Island Point - East Side. On the other hand, dominant spokes represent 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 September, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 5% of the time (2 days each September) and blows offshore 28% of the time (8 days in an average September). Over an average September wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Double Island Point - East Side

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