Red Strand (Dirk Bay) Wind Stats

The graph shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical June. The longest 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 the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 3506 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Red Strand (Dirk Bay), located 7 km away (4 miles). There are too few recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Invevitably some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the prevailing wind at Red Strand (Dirk Bay) blows from the SW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Red Strand (Dirk Bay). 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 June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 11% of the time (3 days each June) and blows offshore 27% of the time (0 days in an average June). In a typical June winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Red Strand (Dirk Bay)

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