Carskiey Bay Wind Stats

The rose diagram describes how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical July. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 2976 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2008, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Carskiey Bay, located 29 km away (18 miles). There are insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Invevitably some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the prevailing wind at Carskiey Bay blows from the WNW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Carskiey Bay. On the other hand, dominant spokes show 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 July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 13% of the time (4 days each July) and blows offshore 44% of the time (0 days in an average July). In a typical July wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Carskiey Bay

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