Bennion Beach Cleggies Wind Stats

The figure illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical April. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Bennion Beach Cleggies, located 28 km away (17 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 most common wind at Bennion Beach Cleggies blows from the WSW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Bennion Beach Cleggies. By contrast, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 9% of the time (3 days each April) and blows offshore 43% of the time (10 days in an average April). During a typical April wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Bennion Beach Cleggies

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