Fort Canby A Jetty Wind Stats

This picture describes how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical September. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with deep blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3120 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Fort Canby A Jetty, located 41 km away (25 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 Fort Canby A Jetty blows from the W. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Fort Canby A Jetty. By contrast, 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 September, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 14% of the time (4 days each September) and blows offshore 34% of the time (10 days in an average September). In a typical September wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Fort Canby A Jetty

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