Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Wind Stats

This chart illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical July. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the darkest shade of 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 Nootka Island (Calvin Bay), located 21 km away (13 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 prevailing wind at Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) blows from the SW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Nootka Island (Calvin Bay). Converseley, 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. Over an average July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 12% of the time (4 days each July) and blows offshore 18% of the time (6 days in an average July). In a typical July wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Nootka Island (Calvin Bay)

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