Coos Bay-South Jetty Wind Stats

This image describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal July. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3472 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Coos Bay-South Jetty, located 21 km away (13 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 prevailing wind at Coos Bay-South Jetty blows from the WNW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Coos Bay-South Jetty. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 10% of the time (3 days each July) and blows offshore 13% of the time (4 days in an average July). Over an average July winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 5 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Coos Bay-South Jetty

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