Clonmass Bay (Ards) Wind Stats

This image illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal May. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 3406 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Clonmass Bay (Ards), located 38 km away (24 miles). There are too few 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 most common wind at Clonmass Bay (Ards) blows from the NW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Clonmass Bay (Ards). By contrast, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 1.4% of the time (0 days each May) and blows offshore just 7% of the time (0 days in an average May). Over an average May wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Clonmass Bay (Ards)

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