Ramsgate (The Wall) Wind Stats

This picture describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal April. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with deep blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3352 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Ramsgate (The Wall), located 37 km away (23 miles). There are not enough recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Invevitably some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the prevailing wind at Ramsgate (The Wall) blows from the SW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Ramsgate (The Wall). On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark 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 (the lightest shade of blue) about 1.9% of the time (1 days each April) and blows offshore just 4% 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 Ramsgate (The Wall)

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