Doonbeg Castle Wind Stats

The figure illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with deep blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 1200 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Doonbeg Castle, located 41 km away (25 miles). There are not enough 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 Doonbeg Castle blows from the WNW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Doonbeg Castle. On the other hand, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more deep 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 (light blue) about 5% of the time (2 days each November) and blows offshore 48% of the time (5 days in an average November). In a typical November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 7 days at Doonbeg Castle

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