Namotu Lefts Wind Stats

This image describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical September. 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 2880 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Namotu Lefts, located 25 km away (16 miles). There are not enough recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Invevitably some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the prevailing wind at Namotu Lefts blows from the SSW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Namotu Lefts. Converseley, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average September, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 12% of the time (4 days each September) and blows offshore 28% of the time (8 days in an average September). In a typical September wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Namotu Lefts

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