Strathmere 7th Street Wind Stats

This picture describes how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical May. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 3422 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Strathmere 7th Street, located 26 km away (16 miles). There are not enough recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Without question some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the most common wind at Strathmere 7th Street blows from the SE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Strathmere 7th Street. Converseley, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark 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 7% of the time (2 days each May) and blows offshore 24% of the time (7 days in an average May). In a typical May wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Strathmere 7th Street

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