Lbi 5th Street Beach Haven Wind Statistieken, November gemiddelde vanaf 2006

The rose diagram illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 2866 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Lbi 5th Street Beach Haven, located 21 km away (13 miles). There are not enough recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Invevitably some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3.

According to the model, the most common wind at Lbi 5th Street Beach Haven blows from the SE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Lbi 5th Street Beach Haven. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 7% of the time (2 days each November) and blows offshore 35% of the time (9 days in an average November). During a typical November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Lbi 5th Street Beach Haven

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.