Ras Al Ya Wind Stats

The graph illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical August. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with deep blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3590 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Ras Al Ya, located 4 km away (2 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 most common wind at Ras Al Ya blows from the S. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Ras Al Ya. On the other hand, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more deep 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 (light blue) about 0.3% of the time (0 days each August) and blows offshore just 0.7% of the time (0 days in an average August). In a typical August winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 5 days at Ras Al Ya

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