Indicator Wind Stats

The figure illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical December. 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 3448 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Indicator, located 32 km away (20 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 Indicator blows from the W. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Indicator. Converseley, 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 December, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 23% of the time (7 days each December) and blows offshore 30% of the time (2 days in an average December). In a typical December wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Indicator

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