Smerwick Harbour Wind Stats

This image illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical June. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with dark blue strongest. It is based on 3266 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Smerwick Harbour, 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 prevailing wind at Smerwick Harbour blows from the NW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Smerwick Harbour. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 3% of the time (1 days each June) and blows offshore just 12% of the time (2 days in an average June). In a typical June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Smerwick Harbour

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