10th Street (Avalon) Wind Stats

The rose diagram describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3347 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to 10th Street (Avalon), located 21 km away (13 miles). There are insufficient 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 most common wind at 10th Street (Avalon) blows from the ENE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at 10th Street (Avalon). 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. Over an average November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 3% of the time (1 days each November) and blows offshore just 20% of the time (2 days in an average November). During a typical November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at 10th Street (Avalon)

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