Gullane Bay Wind Stats

This chart shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal April. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Gullane Bay, located 53 km away (33 miles). There are too few 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 most common wind at Gullane Bay blows from the NE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Gullane Bay. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 6% of the time (2 days each April) and blows offshore 26% of the time (1 days in an average April). Over an average April wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Gullane Bay

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