Mae Ram Phueng Wind Stats

The rose diagram illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal September. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3358 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Mae Ram Phueng, located 55 km away (34 miles). There are not enough 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 Mae Ram Phueng blows from the S. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Mae Ram Phueng. Converseley, 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 September, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 6% of the time (2 days each September) and blows offshore 7% of the time (0 days in an average September). Over an average September wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Mae Ram Phueng

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