Dinas Dinlle Wind Stats

This image describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical May. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 2836 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Dinas Dinlle, located 14 km away (9 miles). There are too few 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 Dinas Dinlle blows from the SW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Dinas Dinlle. Converseley, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of 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 (pale blue) about 10% of the time (3 days each May) and blows offshore 18% of the time (0 days in an average May). During a typical May wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Dinas Dinlle

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