Leighton Beach Wind Stats

The figure shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical August. 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 3582 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Leighton Beach, located 23 km away (14 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 most common wind at Leighton Beach blows from the WSW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Leighton Beach. Converseley, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 9% of the time (3 days each August) and blows offshore 35% of the time (11 days in an average August). During a typical August winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 4 days at Leighton Beach

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