New Smyrna Inlet Wind Stats

This picture shows how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. The biggest 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 dark blue. It is based on 2867 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to New Smyrna Inlet, located 41 km away (25 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 most common wind at New Smyrna Inlet blows from the E. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at New Smyrna Inlet. 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. Over an average November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 3% of the time (1 days each November) and blows offshore just 10% of the time (1 days in an average November). During a typical November wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at New Smyrna Inlet

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