Rye On the Rocks Wind Stats

The figure illustrates how commonly 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 implies the strength, with dark blue strongest. It is based on 3347 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Rye On the Rocks, located 21 km away (13 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 Rye On the Rocks 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 Rye On the Rocks. By contrast, 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 November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 7% of the time (2 days each November) and blows offshore 40% of the time (10 days in an average November). In a typical November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Rye On the Rocks

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