Twin Islands (South Andaman) Wind Stats

This chart shows how frequently 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 suggests the strength, with the strongest winds shown by the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 3384 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Twin Islands (South Andaman), located 13 km away (8 miles). There are insufficient 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 dominant wind at Twin Islands (South Andaman) blows from the SW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Twin Islands (South Andaman). By contrast, dominant spokes show 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 0.9% of the time (0 days each June) and blows offshore just 1.1% of the time (0 days in an average June). Over an average June winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 5 days at Twin Islands (South Andaman)

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