Machrihanish Wind Stats

This image illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal May. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 3166 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2008, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Machrihanish, located 18 km away (11 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 most common wind at Machrihanish blows from the WNW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Machrihanish. 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 May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 8% of the time (2 days each May) and blows offshore 20% of the time (2 days in an average May). Over an average May winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Machrihanish

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