Red Strand (Dirk Bay) Wind Stats

This chart illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical September. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the strongest winds shown by deep blue. It is based on 3360 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. Without question 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). By contrast, 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 September, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 7% of the time (2 days each September) and blows offshore 24% of the time (0 days in an average September). In a typical September winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Red Strand (Dirk Bay)

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