Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) Wind Stats

This picture illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. 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 2867 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 insufficient 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 Nootka Island (Calvin Bay) blows from the WSW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Nootka Island (Calvin Bay). 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. Over an average November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 11% of the time (3 days each November) and blows offshore 21% of the time (7 days in an average November). In a typical November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 5 days at Nootka Island (Calvin Bay)

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