Whananaki bar Wind Stats

The figure describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical June. The longest 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 Whananaki bar, located 3 km away (2 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 prevailing wind at Whananaki bar blows from the E. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Whananaki bar. By contrast, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 5% of the time (2 days each June) and blows offshore 18% of the time (0 days in an average June). In a typical June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Whananaki bar

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