I like weather, but don't study it.

I always had this "sense" that 90% of the time wind came from NW, W, or
SW.

Now I "sense" it's something like 70% of the time.

Wind direction nowdays, especially in the spring, seems to be come more
freqeuntly from easterly directions.

Just a sense I've got. Wonder if my senses are anywhere near accurate.

"Rich" wrote in message
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I always had this "sense" that 90% of the time wind came from NW, W,
or SW.

Now I "sense" it's something like 70% of the time.

Wind direction nowdays, especially in the spring, seems to be come
more freqeuntly from easterly directions.

Just a sense I've got. Wonder if my senses are anywhere near
accurate.

.... Have a look at Philip Eden's site:-

http://www.climate-uk.com/
(Atlantic/Europe flow indices)

depends on the time of year - note the marked increase in
'westerliness' in February for example. For April specifically, the
change (in westerliness) over the past 20-odd years has been within a
fairly narrow band, compared with earlier decades.

The graphs are listed as being up to date to 2005, but Philip often
makes comments on these indices in his monthly summaries which are
posted into this newsgroup.

Martin.


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Martin Rowley
West Moors, East Dorset (UK): 17m (56ft) amsl
Lat: 50.82N Long: 01.88W
NGR: SU 082 023

In article ,
Rich writes:
I like weather, but don't study it.

I always had this "sense" that 90% of the time wind came from NW, W, or
SW.

Now I "sense" it's something like 70% of the time.

Wind direction nowdays, especially in the spring, seems to be come more
freqeuntly from easterly directions.

Just a sense I've got. Wonder if my senses are anywhere near accurate.

70% sounds about right to me. Spring is the season of the year when we
are most likely to get easterlies.
--
John Hall "Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always
pays off now." Anon

.... Not sure how good these data are, or how representative of each
location, but at this site/page, you can pick out wind frequency stats
for each month ...

http://www.windfinder.com/windstats/...tish_isles.htm

Martin.



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Martin Rowley
West Moors, East Dorset (UK): 17m (56ft) amsl
Lat: 50.82N Long: 01.88W
NGR: SU 082 023