Westport Breakwater Wind Stats

This image shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal July. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with deep blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3472 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Westport Breakwater, located 29 km away (18 miles). There are not enough 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 prevailing wind at Westport Breakwater blows from the NW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Westport Breakwater. On the other hand, 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. During a typical July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 2% of the time (1 days each July) and blows offshore just 9% of the time (2 days in an average July). Over an average July winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Westport Breakwater

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