Bang Niang Rivermouth Wind Stats

The figure shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal September. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Bang Niang Rivermouth, located 34 km away (21 miles). There are not enough recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. No doubt some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the dominant wind at Bang Niang Rivermouth blows from the WSW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Bang Niang Rivermouth. 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. During a typical September, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 17% of the time (5 days each September) and blows offshore 18% of the time (4 days in an average September). Over an average September wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Bang Niang Rivermouth

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