Graveyards / Cimetary Wind Stats

The figure shows how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical July. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3472 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Graveyards / Cimetary, located 54 km away (34 miles). There are too few 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 prevailing wind at Graveyards / Cimetary blows from the SSW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Graveyards / Cimetary. 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 July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 5% of the time (2 days each July) and blows offshore 17% of the time (5 days in an average July). During a typical July wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Graveyards / Cimetary

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