Little River Clam Beach Wind Stats

The figure describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal May. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with dark blue strongest. It is based on 3440 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Little River Clam Beach, located 32 km away (20 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 Little River Clam Beach blows from the WNW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Little River Clam Beach. By contrast, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more dark 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 10% of the time (3 days each May) and blows offshore 13% of the time (4 days in an average May). Over an average May winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Little River Clam Beach

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