Pouawa Beach Wind Stats

This image shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical October. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with deep blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3471 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Pouawa Beach, located 33 km away (21 miles). There are insufficient 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 most common wind at Pouawa Beach blows from the ENE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Pouawa Beach. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 4% of the time (1 days each October) and blows offshore just 24% of the time (7 days in an average October). During a typical October wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Pouawa Beach

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