San Simeon Creek Wind Stats

The figure describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical May. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with deep blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3422 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to San Simeon Creek, located 35 km away (22 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 San Simeon Creek blows from the SW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at San Simeon Creek. By contrast, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 4% of the time (1 days each May) and blows offshore just 4% of the time (2 days in an average May). In a typical May wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at San Simeon Creek

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