Tam O'Shanter Wind Stats

This chart describes how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical June. The longest 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 3237 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Tam O'Shanter, located 6 km away (4 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 prevailing wind at Tam O'Shanter blows from the NW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Tam O'Shanter. On the other hand, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of 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 (light blue) about 15% of the time (4 days each June) and blows offshore 36% of the time (6 days in an average June). During a typical June winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Tam O'Shanter

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