Lone Pine Brighton Wind Stats

The figure shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical September. The largest 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 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Lone Pine Brighton, located 21 km away (13 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 prevailing wind at Lone Pine Brighton blows from the ESE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Lone Pine Brighton. Converseley, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average September, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 13% of the time (4 days each September) and blows offshore 35% of the time (10 days in an average September). During a typical September wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Lone Pine Brighton

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