Macmasters Point Wind Stats

The rose diagram illustrates 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 implies the strength, with deep blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3266 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Macmasters Point, located 6 km away (4 miles). There are insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Without question some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the most common wind at Macmasters Point blows from the SE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Macmasters Point. 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 June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 11% of the time (3 days each June) and blows offshore 59% of the time (18 days in an average June). During a typical June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Macmasters Point

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