Fossil Beach Kodiak Wind Stats

The rose diagram shows how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical September. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with dark blue strongest. It is based on 3120 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Fossil Beach Kodiak, located 125 km away (78 miles). There are insufficient 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 Fossil Beach Kodiak blows from the SSW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Fossil Beach Kodiak. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate 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 September, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 5% of the time (2 days each September) and blows offshore 8% of the time (1 days in an average September). During a typical September wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Fossil Beach Kodiak

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