Dielette Shore Break Wind Stats

This image shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical May. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 2838 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Dielette Shore Break, located 12 km away (7 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 Dielette Shore Break blows from the W. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Dielette Shore Break. Converseley, dominant spokes show 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 May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 6% of the time (2 days each May) and blows offshore 12% of the time (2 days in an average May). In a typical May wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Dielette Shore Break

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