Little Beach Wind Stats

The figure describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical July. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 3720 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Little Beach, located 16 km away (10 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 most common wind at Little Beach blows from the SSW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Little Beach. 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 July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 2% of the time (1 days each July) and blows offshore just 56% of the time (18 days in an average July). In a typical July wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Little Beach

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