Newcastle - The Wedge Wind Stats

This image shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal December. The largest 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 2953 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Newcastle - The Wedge, located 21 km away (13 miles). There are too few 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 Newcastle - The Wedge blows from the E. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Newcastle - The Wedge. Converseley, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical December, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 4% of the time (1 days each December) and blows offshore just 11% of the time (4 days in an average December). Over an average December wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Newcastle - The Wedge

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