Morro Rock Wind Stats

This image shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal October. The longest 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 2976 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Morro Rock, located 45 km away (28 miles). There are not enough 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 most common wind at Morro Rock blows from the WNW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Morro Rock. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate 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 October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 13% of the time (4 days each October) and blows offshore 16% of the time (4 days in an average October). Over an average October wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Morro Rock

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