Doonloughan Wind Stats

The rose diagram describes how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal November. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the darkest shade of blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 2867 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Doonloughan, located 25 km away (16 miles). There are not enough 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 dominant wind at Doonloughan blows from the NW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Doonloughan. By contrast, 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. During a typical November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 3% of the time (1 days each November) and blows offshore just 12% of the time (4 days in an average November). Over an average November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 6 days at Doonloughan

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