The Gare Wind Stats

The graph illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical October. The longest 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 2975 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2008, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to The Gare, located 42 km away (26 miles). There are too few 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 most common wind at The Gare blows from the E. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at The Gare. 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. Over an average October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 1.9% of the time (1 days each October) and blows offshore just 16% of the time (0 days in an average October). During a typical October wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at The Gare

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