Emma Wood State Beach Wind Stats

This image illustrates 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 implies the strength, with the strongest winds shown by the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 2786 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Emma Wood State Beach, located 35 km away (22 miles). There are too few 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 Emma Wood State Beach blows from the SSW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Emma Wood State Beach. 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. Over an average June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 16% of the time (5 days each June) and blows offshore 17% of the time (0 days in an average June). During a typical June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Emma Wood State Beach

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