Killard Wind Stats

This image shows how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal April. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 1200 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Killard, located 41 km away (25 miles). There are not enough 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 dominant wind at Killard blows from the WNW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Killard. 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 April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 8% of the time (2 days each April) and blows offshore 39% of the time (5 days in an average April). Over an average April wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Killard

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