The Cove at Sandy Hook Wind Stats

The rose diagram shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal November. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the strongest winds shown by the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 3347 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to The Cove at Sandy Hook, located 41 km away (25 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 The Cove at Sandy Hook blows from the SSE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at The Cove at Sandy Hook. Converseley, dominant spokes show 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 November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 4% of the time (1 days each November) and blows offshore just 28% of the time (3 days in an average November). Over an average November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at The Cove at Sandy Hook

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