Tullagh Bay Wind Stats

The figure describes how frequently 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 indicates the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 3347 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Tullagh Bay, located 24 km away (15 miles). There are insufficient 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 prevailing wind at Tullagh Bay blows from the NNW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Tullagh Bay. By contrast, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of 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 (pale blue) about 0.6% of the time (0 days each November) and blows offshore just 2% of the time (1 days in an average November). In a typical November wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Tullagh Bay

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