Cap Blanc Nez Wind Stats

This picture illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal January. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 2876 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2009, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Cap Blanc Nez, located 17 km away (11 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 most common wind at Cap Blanc Nez blows from the N. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Cap Blanc Nez. By contrast, 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 January, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 4% of the time (1 days each January) and blows offshore just 9% of the time (1 days in an average January). Over an average January wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Cap Blanc Nez

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