Aberaeron Wind Stats

The figure shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical July. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 3719 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Aberaeron, located 32 km away (20 miles). There are insufficient 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 Aberaeron blows from the WSW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Aberaeron. Converseley, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 10% of the time (3 days each July) and blows offshore 18% of the time (0 days in an average July). During a typical July wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Aberaeron

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