Myrtle Beach - Pier 14 Wind Stats

The rose diagram describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical April. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 2876 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Myrtle Beach - Pier 14, located 31 km away (19 miles). There are insufficient 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 most common wind at Myrtle Beach - Pier 14 blows from the SE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Myrtle Beach - Pier 14. By contrast, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 9% of the time (3 days each April) and blows offshore 23% of the time (5 days in an average April). In a typical April winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 2 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Myrtle Beach - Pier 14

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