Malin Mor Left Wind Stats

The rose diagram illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical May. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the strongest winds shown by deep blue. It is based on 3414 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Malin Mor Left, located 40 km away (25 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 Malin Mor Left blows from the WNW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Malin Mor Left. On the other hand, dominant spokes show 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 May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 10% of the time (3 days each May) and blows offshore 33% of the time (10 days in an average May). During a typical May winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Malin Mor Left

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