Ile d'Oleron - Vert Bois/Les Allassins Wind Stats

This picture shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal June. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 2786 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Ile d'Oleron - Vert Bois/Les Allassins, located 23 km away (14 miles). There are not enough 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 prevailing wind at Ile d'Oleron - Vert Bois/Les Allassins blows from the W. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Ile d'Oleron - Vert Bois/Les Allassins. By contrast, 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 June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 12% of the time (4 days each June) and blows offshore 38% of the time (10 days in an average June). Over an average June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Ile d'Oleron - Vert Bois/Les Allassins

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