Sturmhaube Kampen (Sylt) Wind Stats

The rose diagram illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal December. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the strongest winds shown by the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 3447 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Sturmhaube Kampen (Sylt), located 22 km away (14 miles). There are insufficient 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 most common wind at Sturmhaube Kampen (Sylt) blows from the W. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Sturmhaube Kampen (Sylt). 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. During a typical December, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 3% of the time (1 days each December) and blows offshore just 13% of the time (3 days in an average December). Over an average December winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 10 days at Sturmhaube Kampen (Sylt)

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