Thurlestone Reef Wind Stats

The figure describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical September. The longest 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 strongest. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Thurlestone Reef, located 31 km away (19 miles). There are not enough 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 Thurlestone Reef blows from the WSW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Thurlestone Reef. On the other hand, 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 September, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 6% of the time (2 days each September) and blows offshore 17% of the time (1 days in an average September). In a typical September winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Thurlestone Reef

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