Seaton Sluice Wind Stats

This image shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal May. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with dark blue strongest. It is based on 3174 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 not enough 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 dominant wind at Seaton Sluice blows from the NNE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Seaton Sluice. By contrast, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 8% of the time (2 days each May) and blows offshore 24% of the time (1 days in an average May). Over an average May wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Seaton Sluice

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