Flies Wind Stats

This chart describes how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal June. The biggest 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 deep blue. It is based on 3026 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Flies, located 38 km away (24 miles). There are not enough 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 most common wind at Flies blows from the SSW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Flies. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of 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 3% of the time (1 days each June) and blows offshore just 17% of the time (5 days in an average June). Over an average June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Flies

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