Fraserburgh Wind Stats

The graph describes how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical April. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 2880 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Fraserburgh, located 35 km away (22 miles). There are insufficient 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 Fraserburgh blows from the N. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Fraserburgh. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 5% of the time (2 days each April) and blows offshore 14% of the time (4 days in an average April). In a typical April wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Fraserburgh

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