Hossegor - Les Culs Nuls Wind Stats

This image illustrates how often 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 suggests the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3582 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Hossegor - Les Culs Nuls, located 37 km away (23 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 Hossegor - Les Culs Nuls blows from the WNW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Hossegor - Les Culs Nuls. By contrast, dominant spokes show 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 (pale blue) about 19% of the time (6 days each August) and blows offshore 34% of the time (10 days in an average August). Over an average August winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 2 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Hossegor - Les Culs Nuls

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