Hirtle's Beach (Hartling Bay) Wind Stats

This picture describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal August. The longest 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 deep blue. It is based on 3580 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Hirtle's Beach (Hartling Bay), located 36 km away (22 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 Hirtle's Beach (Hartling Bay) blows from the E. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Hirtle's Beach (Hartling Bay). On the other hand, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 1.0% of the time (0 days each August) and blows offshore just 4% of the time (0 days in an average August). Over an average August winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 1 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Hirtle's Beach (Hartling Bay)

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