Twelve Mile Beach Wind Stats

This picture illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the strongest winds shown by the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 3347 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Twelve Mile Beach, located 18 km away (11 miles). There are insufficient 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 dominant wind at Twelve Mile Beach blows from the S. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Twelve Mile Beach. On the other hand, dominant spokes represent 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 November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 8% of the time (2 days each November) and blows offshore 20% of the time (6 days in an average November). In a typical November winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 4 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Twelve Mile Beach

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