Three Points Wind Stats

This image illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical February. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 3120 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Three Points, located 27 km away (17 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 dominant wind at Three Points blows from the E. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Three Points. On the other hand, 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 February, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 7% of the time (2 days each February) and blows offshore 19% of the time (5 days in an average February). During a typical February wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Three Points

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