Lena Wind Stats

The graph illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal August. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 3582 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Lena, located 48 km away (30 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 prevailing wind at Lena blows from the SE. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Lena. 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. During a typical August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 26% of the time (8 days each August) and blows offshore 37% of the time (11 days in an average August). Over an average August wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Lena

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