The Cove Cape May Wind Stats

The rose diagram illustrates how often 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 indicates the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 3266 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to The Cove Cape May, located 39 km away (24 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 The Cove Cape May blows from the SE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at The Cove Cape May. Converseley, 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 June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 8% of the time (2 days each June) and blows offshore 23% of the time (1 days in an average June). In a typical June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at The Cove Cape May

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