Navarre Beach Pier Wind Stats

This chart describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical August. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with dark blue strongest. It is based on 2974 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Navarre Beach Pier, located 44 km away (27 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 dominant wind at Navarre Beach Pier blows from the SSE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Navarre Beach Pier. 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 August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 14% of the time (4 days each August) and blows offshore 19% of the time (1 days in an average August). In a typical August winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 1 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Navarre Beach Pier

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