Steamer Lane-The Slot Wind Stats

The rose diagram shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical April. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with dark blue strongest. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Steamer Lane-The Slot, located 43 km away (27 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 prevailing wind at Steamer Lane-The Slot blows from the WNW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Steamer Lane-The Slot. Converseley, 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 April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 9% of the time (3 days each April) and blows offshore 15% of the time (4 days in an average April). During a typical April winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Steamer Lane-The Slot

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