Backyard OG Ocean Gallery Wind Stats

The rose diagram shows 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 implies the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 3347 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Backyard OG Ocean Gallery, located 33 km away (21 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 Backyard OG Ocean Gallery blows from the ENE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Backyard OG Ocean Gallery. 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 November, 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 November) and blows offshore 25% of the time (7 days in an average November). In a typical November wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Backyard OG Ocean Gallery

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