Graveyards Wind Stats

This picture illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal October. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3471 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Graveyards, located 12 km away (7 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 Graveyards blows from the SW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Graveyards. By contrast, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 17% of the time (5 days each October) and blows offshore 27% of the time (2 days in an average October). Over an average October wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Graveyards

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