Otherside of the Moon Wind Stats

The figure describes how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with dark blue strongest. It is based on 2867 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Otherside of the Moon, located 3 km away (2 miles). There are too few 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 most common wind at Otherside of the Moon blows from the WSW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Otherside of the Moon. On the other hand, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 5% of the time (2 days each November) and blows offshore 22% of the time (6 days in an average November). In a typical November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Otherside of the Moon

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