Fish Pass Jetty Wind Stats

This picture illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal June. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 3024 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Fish Pass Jetty, 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 dominant wind at Fish Pass Jetty blows from the SE. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Fish Pass Jetty. Converseley, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 6% of the time (2 days each June) and blows offshore 8% of the time (0 days in an average June). Over an average June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Fish Pass Jetty

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