Oye Plage Escardines Wind Stats

The figure describes how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal January. The largest 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 2380 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2009, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Oye Plage Escardines, located 38 km away (24 miles). There are insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Without question some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the most common wind at Oye Plage Escardines blows from the NW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Oye Plage Escardines. On the other hand, 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 January, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 1.8% of the time (1 days each January) and blows offshore just 3% of the time (0 days in an average January). Over an average January winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Oye Plage Escardines

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