Lone Pine Brighton 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 implies the strength, with the darkest shade of blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3720 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Lone Pine Brighton, located 21 km away (13 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 Lone Pine Brighton blows from the ESE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Lone Pine Brighton. By contrast, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark 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 18% of the time (6 days each July) and blows offshore 47% of the time (14 days in an average July). Over an average July wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Lone Pine Brighton

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