Caille Dehors Wind Stats

The graph illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal September. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with deep blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Caille Dehors, located 36 km away (22 miles). There are not enough recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Without question some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the dominant wind at Caille Dehors blows from the ENE. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Caille Dehors. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate 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 (the lightest shade of blue) about 4% of the time (1 days each September) and blows offshore just 12% of the time (3 days in an average September). Over an average September winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 3 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Caille Dehors

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