North Myrtle/27th Avenue South Wind Stats

This picture illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal September. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with deep blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 2880 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to North Myrtle/27th Avenue South, located 39 km away (24 miles). There are insufficient 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 dominant wind at North Myrtle/27th Avenue South blows from the SE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at North Myrtle/27th Avenue South. By contrast, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical September, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 10% of the time (3 days each September) and blows offshore 34% of the time (10 days in an average September). Over an average September wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at North Myrtle/27th Avenue South

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