Patricks Point State Park Wind Stats

The figure describes how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical June. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the darkest shade of blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3026 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Patricks Point State Park, located 32 km away (20 miles). There are too few recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. No doubt some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the prevailing wind at Patricks Point State Park blows from the NW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Patricks Point State Park. Converseley, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 5% of the time (2 days each June) and blows offshore 5% of the time (2 days in an average June). In a typical June winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 6 days at Patricks Point State Park

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