Llwyngwril Wind Stats

This image describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal May. The largest 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 strongest. It is based on 3437 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Llwyngwril, located 35 km away (22 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 most common wind at Llwyngwril blows from the SW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Llwyngwril. 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 May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 11% of the time (3 days each May) and blows offshore 26% of the time (0 days in an average May). Over an average May wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Llwyngwril

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