Folkestone Wear Bay Wind Stats

The graph describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical August. The biggest 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 2728 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2008, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Folkestone Wear Bay, located 23 km away (14 miles). There are insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Without question some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the most common wind at Folkestone Wear Bay blows from the SW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Folkestone Wear Bay. 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 August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 5% of the time (2 days each August) and blows offshore 17% of the time (0 days in an average August). In a typical August winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Folkestone Wear Bay

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