Harbor Entrance at Eureka Wind Stats

The figure describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal October. The biggest 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 3471 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 prevailing wind at Harbor Entrance at Eureka 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 Harbor Entrance at Eureka. On the other hand, dominant spokes represent 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 October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 13% of the time (4 days each October) and blows offshore 29% of the time (9 days in an average October). Over an average October winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 4 days at Harbor Entrance at Eureka

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