Fort de St Germain Des Vaux Wind Stats

This chart describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal June. The longest 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 3024 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Fort de St Germain Des Vaux, located 25 km away (16 miles). There are insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Invevitably some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the most common wind at Fort de St Germain Des Vaux blows from the W. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Fort de St Germain Des Vaux. On the other hand, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark 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 (pale blue) about 7% of the time (2 days each June) and blows offshore 32% of the time (6 days in an average June). Over an average June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Fort de St Germain Des Vaux

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