Devils Point Wind Stats

The rose diagram describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical September. 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 the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 2880 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Devils Point, located 34 km away (21 miles). There are insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Without question some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the prevailing wind at Devils Point blows from the SSE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Devils Point. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average September, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 1.5% of the time (0 days each September) and blows offshore just 3% of the time (1 days in an average September). During a typical September winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 6 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Devils Point

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