Sciotot Wind Stats

This image shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal April. The longest 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 3357 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Sciotot, located 11 km away (7 miles). There are insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Without question some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the dominant wind at Sciotot blows from the W. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Sciotot. Converseley, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 8% of the time (2 days each April) and blows offshore 19% of the time (4 days in an average April). Over an average April wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Sciotot

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