Anglet - Le Club Wind Stats

The rose diagram shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal June. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the darkest shade of blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3505 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Anglet - Le Club, located 37 km away (23 miles). There are insufficient 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 dominant wind at Anglet - Le Club blows from the NW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Anglet - Le Club. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 26% of the time (8 days each June) and blows offshore 34% of the time (10 days in an average June). Over an average June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Anglet - Le Club

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