White Crest Beach (Wellfleet) Wind Stats

This chart describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical June. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the strongest winds shown by deep blue. It is based on 3384 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to White Crest Beach (Wellfleet), located 8 km away (5 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 dominant wind at White Crest Beach (Wellfleet) blows from the SE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at White Crest Beach (Wellfleet). By contrast, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 8% of the time (2 days each June) and blows offshore 44% of the time (10 days in an average June). In a typical June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at White Crest Beach (Wellfleet)

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