South Port Adelaide Wind Stats

This image shows how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical July. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with deep 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 South Port Adelaide, located 57 km away (35 miles). There are insufficient 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 South Port Adelaide blows from the WSW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at South Port Adelaide. By contrast, 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 July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 1.7% of the time (1 days each July) and blows offshore just 4% of the time (0 days in an average July). During a typical July winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at South Port Adelaide

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