Kisami-Ohama Beach Wind Stats

This chart shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical October. 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 deep blue. It is based on 3471 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Kisami-Ohama Beach, located 19 km away (12 miles). There are insufficient 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 prevailing wind at Kisami-Ohama Beach blows from the ESE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Kisami-Ohama Beach. Converseley, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 9% of the time (3 days each October) and blows offshore 21% of the time (6 days in an average October). In a typical October winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 5 days at Kisami-Ohama Beach

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