Doughnuts Backreef Wind Stats

The graph shows how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical August. The largest 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 showing the strongest winds. It is based on 2976 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Doughnuts Backreef, located 4 km away (2 miles). There are too few 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 Doughnuts Backreef blows from the SSW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Doughnuts Backreef. 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. Over an average August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 10% of the time (3 days each August) and blows offshore 31% of the time (10 days in an average August). During a typical August winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Doughnuts Backreef

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