Oswald State Park/Short Sands Wind Stats

The graph illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 2867 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Oswald State Park/Short Sands, located 27 km away (17 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 most common wind at Oswald State Park/Short Sands blows from the WSW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Oswald State Park/Short Sands. 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. Over an average November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 8% of the time (2 days each November) and blows offshore 24% of the time (7 days in an average November). In a typical November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Oswald State Park/Short Sands

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