Enayam Port

Tamil Research Institute
RAPID TECHNO-ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY REPORT FOR
DEVELOPMENT OF COLACHEL PORT AT TAMILNADU
FINAL REPORT
Figure 93: Western location wind rose
A study of winds has been done during the monsoon period, from June to September, and no monsoon period.
The predominant wind direction during the monsoon period in the western location is west to north-west. On the
other hand during the non-monsoon periods, the predominant wind direction is from north-east during the morning
and west during the evening. The maximum wind speed observed was of the order of 18m/s from westerly
direction.
7.1.4.2. Eastern location
Figure 94: Winds in the monsoon period (left) and in the non-monsoon period (right)
A similar study has been done on the other data location; East point differs between monsoon period and no
monsoon period. The figure below represents the global wind information from 1979 to 2010.
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