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This picture describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal April. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the strongest winds shown by deep blue. It is based on 3357 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to The Point -Fort Pickens, located 41 km away (25 miles). There are insufficient 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 prevailing wind at The Point -Fort Pickens blows from the SSE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at The Point -Fort Pickens. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 6% of the time (2 days each April) and blows offshore 18% of the time (0 days in an average April). Over an average April wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at The Point -Fort Pickens