Uatotoka Wind Stats

This picture illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical September. 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 the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Uatotoka, located 23 km away (14 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 Uatotoka blows from the S. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Uatotoka. By contrast, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average September, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 4% of the time (1 days each September) and blows offshore just 11% of the time (3 days in an average September). In a typical September wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Uatotoka

read more