Ile de Re - Le lizay Wind Stats

This picture shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal October. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with dark blue strongest. It is based on 3471 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Ile de Re - Le lizay, located 29 km away (18 miles). There are not enough 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 Ile de Re - Le lizay blows from the W. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Ile de Re - Le lizay. On the other hand, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 10% of the time (3 days each October) and blows offshore 32% of the time (10 days in an average October). Over an average October wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Ile de Re - Le lizay

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