Aln Estuary Wind Stats

The figure shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical June. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3505 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Aln Estuary, located 14 km away (9 miles). There are insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. No doubt some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the dominant wind at Aln Estuary blows from the NE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Aln Estuary. Converseley, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 13% of the time (4 days each June) and blows offshore 32% of the time (2 days in an average June). In a typical June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Aln Estuary

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