Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) Wind Stats

This chart describes how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal November. The longest 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 the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 3347 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii), located 36 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 Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii) blows from the W. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii). By contrast, 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. During a typical November, 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 November) and blows offshore just 20% of the time (6 days in an average November). Over an average November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 5 days at Lepus Beach (Haida-Gwaii)

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