Ile de Noirmoutier - Barbatre Wind Stats

The graph illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical October. The longest 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 3471 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Ile de Noirmoutier - Barbatre, located 24 km away (15 miles). There are too few 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 prevailing wind at Ile de Noirmoutier - Barbatre blows from the W. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Ile de Noirmoutier - Barbatre. By contrast, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 8% of the time (2 days each October) and blows offshore 34% of the time (10 days in an average October). During a typical October winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Ile de Noirmoutier - Barbatre

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