Morro Rock Wind Stats

This picture illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal February. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the strongest winds shown by deep blue. It is based on 2664 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, 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 dominant 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. By contrast, dominant spokes represent 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 February, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 13% of the time (4 days each February) and blows offshore 20% of the time (5 days in an average February). Over an average February wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Morro Rock

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