Talisker Bay (Skye) Wind Stats

The rose diagram describes how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal April. The biggest 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 the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Talisker Bay (Skye), located 32 km away (20 miles). There are not enough 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 Talisker Bay (Skye) blows from the SSW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Talisker Bay (Skye). By contrast, 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 (the lightest shade of blue) about 3% of the time (1 days each April) and blows offshore just 8% of the time (0 days in an average April). Over an average April winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Talisker Bay (Skye)

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