Wainakarua River Mouth Wind Stats

The rose diagram shows how commonly 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 implies 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 Wainakarua River Mouth, located 27 km away (17 miles). There are insufficient 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 most common wind at Wainakarua River Mouth blows from the SSE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Wainakarua River Mouth. Converseley, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark 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 (light blue) about 11% of the time (3 days each November) and blows offshore 32% of the time (10 days in an average November). During a typical November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Wainakarua River Mouth

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