Misquamicut State Beach Wind Stats

This image describes how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical May. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3414 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Misquamicut State Beach, located 40 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 Misquamicut State Beach blows from the SE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Misquamicut State Beach. By contrast, 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. Over an average May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 6% of the time (2 days each May) and blows offshore 21% of the time (6 days in an average May). In a typical May wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Misquamicut State Beach

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