St Jean de Luz - Socoa Wind Stats

This picture describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal September. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the darkest shade of blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3359 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to St Jean de Luz - Socoa, located 28 km away (17 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 most common wind at St Jean de Luz - Socoa blows from the NW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at St Jean de Luz - Socoa. On the other hand, dominant spokes show 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 September, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 27% of the time (8 days each September) and blows offshore 41% of the time (1 days in an average September). Over an average September wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at St Jean de Luz - Socoa

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