Rapid Creek - Beach Wind Stats

This image describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical July. The largest 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 deep blue. It is based on 3719 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Rapid Creek - Beach, located 57 km away (35 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 Rapid Creek - Beach blows from the W. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Rapid Creek - Beach. By contrast, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 15% of the time (5 days each July) and blows offshore 34% of the time (0 days in an average July). During a typical July winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 0 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Rapid Creek - Beach

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