Carskiey Bay Wind Stats

This chart shows how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal January. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the strongest winds shown by the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 2876 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2009, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Carskiey Bay, located 29 km away (18 miles). There are not enough 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 most common wind at Carskiey Bay blows from the WNW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Carskiey Bay. Converseley, 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. During a typical January, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 2% of the time (1 days each January) and blows offshore just 26% of the time (0 days in an average January). Over an average January winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 6 days at Carskiey Bay

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