C182 LEAVES RWY PAVED SURFACE TO AVOID ACFT DAMAGE IN XWIND LNDG AT ROA.

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ARRIVING VFR TO THE ARPT; I ACCEPTED A LNDG CLRNC TO RWY 33. RPTED WINDS WERE 090 DEG AT 9 KTS. NO WINDSOCK WAS VISIBLE NEAR THE APCH END TO RWY 33. AT MY REQUEST THE TWR PROVIDED A WIND CHK ON SHORT FINAL. IN THE FLARE; A GUST LIFTED THE UPWIND WING SLIGHTLY; TURNING THE ACFT L OF THE CTRLINE. AS I RECOVERED WITH R RUDDER I ALSO APPLIED BRAKES. THE L BRAKE GRABBED MOMENTARILY; TURNING THE PLANE FURTHER TOWARD THE L. ALTHOUGH THE ACFT HAD SLOWED CONSIDERABLY; I WAS NEARING THE EDGE OF THE RWY AND FACING A RWY LIGHT. TO AVOID THE RISK OF A PROP STRIKE; I STEERED FURTHER L; ROLLED INTO THE GRASS BESIDE THE RWY; AND STOPPED. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE ACFT OR ARPT PROPERTY; AND I; AS THE SOLE OCCUPANT; RECEIVED NO INJURY SAVE FOR A BRUISED EGO. ALTHOUGH THE LNDG WAS WITHIN BOTH MY CAPABILITIES AND THOSE OF THE ACFT; I REALIZE THAT -- ESPECIALLY GIVEN MY LOW TIME IN THE MODEL -- I SHOULD HAVE REQUESTED A RWY THAT WAS MORE FAVORABLY ALIGNED WITH THE WIND. (RWY 6 WAS OPEN AND AVAILABLE.) IN ADDITION; A WINDSOCK AT THE APCH END OF THE RWY WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL. IN THIS CASE THE TWR WAS NEARLY 1 MI FROM THE RWY THRESHOLD; AND THE WINDS AT THE THRESHOLD COULD HAVE DIFFERED SIGNIFICANTLY FROM WHAT THE TWR RPTED.