Larmor Plage Wind Stats

The rose diagram describes how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal August. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3582 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Larmor Plage, located 24 km away (15 miles). There are not enough recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Without question some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the most common wind at Larmor Plage blows from the W. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Larmor Plage. On the other hand, 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 August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 7% of the time (2 days each August) and blows offshore 25% of the time (2 days in an average August). Over an average August wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Larmor Plage

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