Egmond aan Zee Wind Stats

The rose diagram shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical August. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 2974 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Egmond aan Zee, located 15 km away (9 miles). There are insufficient 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 Egmond aan Zee blows from the NW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Egmond aan Zee. By contrast, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 6% of the time (2 days each August) and blows offshore 13% of the time (2 days in an average August). In a typical August wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Egmond aan Zee

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