Larsen Street Wind Stats

The rose diagram 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 indicates 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 Larsen Street, located 27 km away (17 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 most common wind at Larsen Street blows from the WSW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Larsen Street. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more deep 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 (the lightest shade of blue) about 18% of the time (5 days each June) and blows offshore 42% of the time (10 days in an average June). In a typical June winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 4 days at Larsen Street

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