ABSTRACT
Different qualitative values of NET winds on the north and south coasts resulted, depending on the known frictional surfaces traversed. They determined the diurnal wind vectors at right angles to the coast because the maximum strength of diurnal land and sea breezes is always perpendicular to the coast concerned. As the sea/land breezes occur transversely to the shoreline, the coastline orientation with respect to lines of longitude on the north coast of Jamaica determines the resultant speed and direction of daytime winds. Conditions on the southern coast would show, in general, weak daytime onshore resultants in the daytime with the onshore sea breezes often colliding directly with and nullifying any weakened trade winds. The chapter aims to determine the use of preceding sea straits to assess the most effective locations for the installation of coastal wind power generators in an island adjacent to such a strait, namely, Jamaica.
