Falcarragh Beach Wind Stats

This picture illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical October. The largest 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 2976 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Falcarragh Beach, located 46 km away (29 miles). There are not enough recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Without question some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the most common wind at Falcarragh Beach blows from the NNW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Falcarragh Beach. 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. Over an average October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 0.8% of the time (0 days each October) and blows offshore just 4% of the time (1 days in an average October). During a typical October wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Falcarragh Beach

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