Seaton Sluice Wind Stats

The rose diagram describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 2867 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2008, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Seaton Sluice, located 30 km away (19 miles). There are insufficient 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 prevailing wind at Seaton Sluice blows from the NNE. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Seaton Sluice. By contrast, dominant spokes illustrate 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 3% of the time (1 days each November) and blows offshore just 18% of the time (2 days in an average November). In a typical November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Seaton Sluice

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