Tenby (North Beach) Wind Stats

This image illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal June. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 3266 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Tenby (North Beach), located 24 km away (15 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 Tenby (North Beach) blows from the WSW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Tenby (North Beach). By contrast, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 15% of the time (4 days each June) and blows offshore 53% of the time (0 days in an average June). Over an average June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Tenby (North Beach)

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