The Lagoons Wind Stats

The graph shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal October. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 3471 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to The Lagoons, located 43 km away (27 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 The Lagoons 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 The Lagoons. Converseley, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 6% of the time (2 days each October) and blows offshore 8% of the time (2 days in an average October). Over an average October wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at The Lagoons

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