Dauphin Island Pier Wind Stats

The graph illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal April. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 2877 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Dauphin Island Pier, located 62 km away (39 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 dominant wind at Dauphin Island 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 Dauphin Island Pier. By contrast, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 6% of the time (2 days each April) and blows offshore 17% of the time (4 days in an average April). Over an average April wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Dauphin Island Pier

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