The Dump Wind Stats

This image illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical June. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the darkest shade of blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 1354 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to The Dump, located 54 km away (34 miles). There are too few recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Invevitably some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the most common wind at The Dump blows from the SSW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at The Dump. By contrast, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 11% of the time (3 days each June) and blows offshore 45% of the time (14 days in an average June). During a typical June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at The Dump

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