South Ponte Vedra Beach Wind Stats

This image describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical April. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the strongest winds shown by the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to South Ponte Vedra Beach, located 31 km away (19 miles). There are not enough 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 dominant wind at South Ponte Vedra Beach 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 South Ponte Vedra Beach. By contrast, 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 April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 7% of the time (2 days each April) and blows offshore 29% of the time (8 days in an average April). During a typical April wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at South Ponte Vedra Beach

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