Summerstrand Beach Wind Stats

This chart describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal June. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 3266 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Summerstrand Beach, located 16 km away (10 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 Summerstrand Beach blows from the S. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Summerstrand Beach. Converseley, 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 June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 12% of the time (4 days each June) and blows offshore 54% of the time (16 days in an average June). Over an average June winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Summerstrand Beach

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