Salmon Creek Wind Stats

The graph describes how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical July. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 3472 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Salmon Creek, located 40 km away (25 miles). There are too few 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 Salmon Creek blows from the WSW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Salmon Creek. On the other hand, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 12% of the time (4 days each July) and blows offshore 13% of the time (4 days in an average July). During a typical July wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Salmon Creek

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