Anse aux Poules Bleues Wind Stats

The graph shows how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal August. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the strongest winds shown by deep blue. It is based on 3574 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Anse aux Poules Bleues, located 29 km away (18 miles). There are not enough 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 dominant wind at Anse aux Poules Bleues blows from the SSE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Anse aux Poules Bleues. On the other hand, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 1.2% of the time (0 days each August) and blows offshore just 97% of the time (0 days in an average August). Over an average August winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 13 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Anse aux Poules Bleues

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