Feall Bay (Coll) Wind Stats

This image illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal April. 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 deep blue. It is based on 2880 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Feall Bay (Coll), located 15 km away (9 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 Feall Bay (Coll) blows from the N. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Feall Bay (Coll). By contrast, 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 April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 0.2% of the time (0 days each April) and blows offshore just 0.5% of the time (0 days in an average April). Over an average April wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Feall Bay (Coll)

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