Cape May Avenue Wind Stats

The figure describes how commonly 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 indicates the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3346 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Cape May Avenue, located 24 km away (15 miles). There are not enough recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Without question some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the most common wind at Cape May Avenue blows from the SE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Cape May Avenue. On the other hand, dominant spokes represent 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 (light blue) about 7% of the time (2 days each November) and blows offshore 36% of the time (10 days in an average November). During a typical November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Cape May Avenue

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