Ocean Lane Deal Wind Stats

The figure illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 2866 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Ocean Lane Deal, located 28 km away (17 miles). There are too few 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 Ocean Lane Deal blows from the SE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Ocean Lane Deal. On the other hand, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 8% of the time (2 days each November) and blows offshore 41% of the time (10 days in an average November). In a typical November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Ocean Lane Deal

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