Outer Banks Pier Wind Stats

This picture shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal May. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 2838 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Outer Banks Pier, located 15 km away (9 miles). There are not enough recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Invevitably some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the dominant wind at Outer Banks Pier blows from the E. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Outer Banks Pier. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 5% of the time (2 days each May) and blows offshore 21% of the time (6 days in an average May). Over an average May wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Outer Banks Pier

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