Double Island Point - North Coast Wind Stats

The rose diagram describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical September. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. 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 - North Coast, located 33 km away (21 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 Double Island Point - North Coast blows from the E. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Double Island Point - North Coast. 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 September, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 5% of the time (2 days each September) and blows offshore 35% of the time (2 days in an average September). During a typical September wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Double Island Point - North Coast

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