Audreselles Wind Stats

The figure illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical June. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 3112 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2008, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Audreselles, located 21 km away (13 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 most common wind at Audreselles blows from the WSW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Audreselles. By contrast, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more deep 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 (the lightest shade of blue) about 4% of the time (1 days each June) and blows offshore just 5% of the time (0 days in an average June). In a typical June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Audreselles

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