Oase zur Sonne Westerland (Sylt) Wind Stats

The graph shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal April. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 2878 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Oase zur Sonne Westerland (Sylt), located 22 km away (14 miles). There are too few 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 Oase zur Sonne Westerland (Sylt) blows from the WNW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Oase zur Sonne Westerland (Sylt). Converseley, 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 April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 5% of the time (2 days each April) and blows offshore 12% of the time (2 days in an average April). Over an average April winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Oase zur Sonne Westerland (Sylt)

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