Oswald State Park/Short Sands Wind Stats
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This chart shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical March. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the darkest shade of blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 2964 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Oswald State Park/Short Sands, located 27 km away (17 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 Oswald State Park/Short Sands blows from the WSW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Oswald State Park/Short Sands. 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 March, 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 March) and blows offshore 25% of the time (8 days in an average March). During a typical March winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Oswald State Park/Short Sands
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