Inner Cut Wind Stats

This chart shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the strongest winds shown by deep blue. It is based on 2867 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2008, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Inner Cut, located 35 km away (22 miles). There are insufficient 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 dominant wind at Inner Cut blows from the NW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Inner Cut. By contrast, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark 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 (light blue) about 14% of the time (4 days each November) and blows offshore 25% of the time (0 days in an average November). In a typical November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Inner Cut

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