Flat Rocks Beach (WA) Wind Stats

The graph illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 2867 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Flat Rocks Beach (WA), located 27 km away (17 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 prevailing wind at Flat Rocks Beach (WA) blows from the SW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Flat Rocks Beach (WA). By contrast, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of 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 2% of the time (1 days each November) and blows offshore just 11% of the time (3 days in an average November). During a typical November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 4 days at Flat Rocks Beach (WA)

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