Monwabisi Strand Wind Stats

The rose diagram describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical June. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 2786 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Monwabisi Strand, located 50 km away (31 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 most common wind at Monwabisi Strand blows from the SSW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Monwabisi Strand. By contrast, dominant spokes illustrate 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 (the lightest shade of blue) about 11% of the time (3 days each June) and blows offshore 28% of the time (8 days in an average June). During a typical June winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Monwabisi Strand

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