Folkestone Wear Bay Wind Stats

This image illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal July. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 2728 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2008, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Folkestone Wear Bay, located 23 km away (14 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 prevailing wind at Folkestone Wear Bay blows from the SW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Folkestone Wear Bay. 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. During a typical July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 5% of the time (2 days each July) and blows offshore 14% of the time (0 days in an average July). Over an average July wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Folkestone Wear Bay

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