Salad Bowls Wind Stats

The graph illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical June. The largest 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 deep blue. It is based on 3266 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Salad Bowls, located 52 km away (32 miles). There are not enough 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 Salad Bowls 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 Salad Bowls. Converseley, dominant spokes show 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 (light blue) about 12% of the time (4 days each June) and blows offshore 56% of the time (10 days in an average June). In a typical June winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Salad Bowls

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