King Kong Left Wind Stats

This picture describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal June. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the darkest shade of blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3506 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to King Kong Left, located 40 km away (25 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 King Kong Left blows from the SSE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at King Kong Left. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 1.0% of the time (0 days each June) and blows offshore just 16% of the time (4 days in an average June). Over an average June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at King Kong Left

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