Ocean City - 7th Street Wind Stats

This picture describes how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal October. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the strongest winds shown by the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 2976 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Ocean City - 7th Street, located 31 km away (19 miles). There are not enough recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Invevitably some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the most common wind at Ocean City - 7th Street blows from the SE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Ocean City - 7th Street. Converseley, 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. During a typical October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 7% of the time (2 days each October) and blows offshore 31% of the time (9 days in an average October). Over an average October winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Ocean City - 7th Street

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