Kyle of Tongue Wind Stats

The rose diagram illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal July. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3720 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Kyle of Tongue, located 53 km away (33 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 Kyle of Tongue blows from the NNE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Kyle of Tongue. On the other hand, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 1.4% of the time (0 days each July) and blows offshore just 4% of the time (0 days in an average July). Over an average July wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Kyle of Tongue

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