Spey Bay Wind Stats

This image illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical September. The longest 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 3358 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Spey Bay, located 36 km away (22 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 dominant wind at Spey Bay blows from the NNE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Spey Bay. By contrast, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average September, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 4% of the time (1 days each September) and blows offshore just 12% of the time (0 days in an average September). During a typical September wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Spey Bay

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