East End and The Gap Wind Stats

This image illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with deep blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 2867 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to East End and The Gap, located 9 km away (6 miles). There are insufficient 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 prevailing wind at East End and The Gap blows from the W. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at East End and The Gap. By contrast, 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 November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 9% of the time (3 days each November) and blows offshore 23% of the time (3 days in an average November). During a typical November wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at East End and The Gap

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