Searcy Bay and Point Labatt Wind Stats

The rose diagram describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal July. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the darkest shade of blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3472 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Searcy Bay and Point Labatt, located 29 km away (18 miles). There are not enough 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 dominant wind at Searcy Bay and Point Labatt blows from the SW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Searcy Bay and Point Labatt. On the other hand, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 8% of the time (2 days each July) and blows offshore 23% of the time (7 days in an average July). Over an average July winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 4 days at Searcy Bay and Point Labatt

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