East Wittering Wind Stats

The rose diagram describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal April. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 2562 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2008, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to East Wittering, located 31 km away (19 miles). There are insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Without question some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the prevailing wind at East Wittering blows from the SW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at East Wittering. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 8% of the time (2 days each April) and blows offshore 13% of the time (0 days in an average April). Over an average April winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at East Wittering

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