Dom Hue Wind Stats

This picture describes how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical September. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the strongest winds shown by the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 2880 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Dom Hue, located 11 km away (7 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 prevailing wind at Dom Hue blows from the W. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Dom Hue. Converseley, 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 (pale blue) about 6% of the time (2 days each September) and blows offshore 17% of the time (4 days in an average September). In a typical September winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Dom Hue

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