Surf City Pier Wind Stats

This picture shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal May. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3430 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Surf City Pier, located 51 km away (32 miles). There are not enough recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Without question some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the prevailing wind at Surf City Pier blows from the SE. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Surf City Pier. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical May, 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 May) and blows offshore 18% of the time (5 days in an average May). Over an average May wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Surf City Pier

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