Titahi Bay Wind Stats

This image describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal June. 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 3384 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Titahi Bay, located 30 km away (19 miles). There are not enough 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 prevailing wind at Titahi Bay blows from the NW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Titahi Bay. On the other hand, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 1.7% of the time (1 days each June) and blows offshore just 6% of the time (0 days in an average June). Over an average June winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 4 days at Titahi Bay

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