Chapel St Leonards Wind Stats

This chart describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical May. The longest 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 strongest. It is based on 3398 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Chapel St Leonards, located 26 km away (16 miles). There are too few 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 Chapel St Leonards blows from the NNE. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Chapel St Leonards. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 9% of the time (3 days each May) and blows offshore 21% of the time (0 days in an average May). In a typical May winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 2 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Chapel St Leonards

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