Machrihanish Wind Stats

This picture describes how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical June. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 2872 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2008, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Machrihanish, located 18 km away (11 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 Machrihanish blows from the WNW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Machrihanish. 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. Over an average June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 14% of the time (4 days each June) and blows offshore 24% of the time (2 days in an average June). During a typical June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Machrihanish

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