Carskiey Bay Wind Statistics, Spring averages since 2006

The rose diagram describes how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal northern hemisphere spring. The largest 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 7620 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 too few 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 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 represent favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical northern hemisphere spring, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 8% of the time (7 days each northern hemisphere spring) and blows offshore 31% of the time (0 days in an average northern hemisphere spring). Over an average northern hemisphere spring winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 6 days at Carskiey Bay

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.