Fort Walton Pier Wind Stats

This chart illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical April. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 2879 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Fort Walton Pier, located 45 km away (28 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 Fort Walton Pier 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 Fort Walton Pier. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 8% of the time (2 days each April) and blows offshore 18% of the time (4 days in an average April). During a typical April wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Fort Walton Pier

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