Bournemouth Pier Wind Stats

This picture shows how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical July. 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 3720 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Bournemouth Pier, 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 Bournemouth Pier blows from the SW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Bournemouth Pier. On the other hand, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 7% of the time (2 days each July) and blows offshore 14% of the time (0 days in an average July). In a typical July winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Bournemouth Pier

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