Santa Rosa Creek Wind Stats

The graph shows how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical October. The largest 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 the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 3471 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Santa Rosa Creek, located 36 km away (22 miles). There are insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Invevitably some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the prevailing wind at Santa Rosa Creek blows from the W. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Santa Rosa Creek. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 13% of the time (4 days each October) and blows offshore 18% of the time (6 days in an average October). During a typical October wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Santa Rosa Creek

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