Harbor Entrance at Eureka Wind Stats

The graph describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical September. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Harbor Entrance at Eureka, located 34 km away (21 miles). There are not enough 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 most common wind at Harbor Entrance at Eureka blows from the NW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Harbor Entrance at Eureka. On the other hand, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average September, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 11% of the time (3 days each September) and blows offshore 15% of the time (5 days in an average September). During a typical September winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Harbor Entrance at Eureka

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