Ile d'Oleron - Grand Village Wind Stats

The graph describes how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal July. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with deep blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 2976 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Ile d'Oleron - Grand Village, located 25 km away (16 miles). There are insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. No doubt some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the dominant wind at Ile d'Oleron - Grand Village blows from the W. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Ile d'Oleron - Grand Village. Converseley, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 12% of the time (4 days each July) and blows offshore 27% of the time (8 days in an average July). Over an average July wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Ile d'Oleron - Grand Village

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