Falcarragh Beach Wind Stats

This image describes how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with deep blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 2867 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 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 Falcarragh Beach blows from the NNW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Falcarragh Beach. On the other hand, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 1.0% of the time (0 days each November) and blows offshore just 5% of the time (1 days in an average November). During a typical November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Falcarragh Beach

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