Shackleford Banks Wind Stats

The graph describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. 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 3347 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Shackleford Banks, located 21 km away (13 miles). There are too few 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 prevailing wind at Shackleford Banks blows from the S. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Shackleford Banks. By contrast, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 1.8% of the time (1 days each November) and blows offshore just 11% of the time (3 days in an average November). During a typical November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Shackleford Banks

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