Cheese Graters Wind Stats

This picture describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal June. The biggest 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 3266 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Cheese Graters, located 40 km away (25 miles). There are not enough 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 dominant wind at Cheese Graters 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 Cheese Graters. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 1.4% of the time (0 days each June) and blows offshore just 8% of the time (2 days in an average June). Over an average June winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Cheese Graters

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