Atlantic Terrace Wind Stats

This chart illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal August. 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 showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3574 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Atlantic Terrace, located 2 km away (1 miles). There are insufficient 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 Atlantic Terrace blows from the SE. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Atlantic Terrace. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate 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 August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 10% of the time (3 days each August) and blows offshore 29% of the time (8 days in an average August). Over an average August wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Atlantic Terrace

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