Courseulles Sur Mer Wind Stats

The figure illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal November. 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 the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 3342 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Courseulles Sur Mer, located 37 km away (23 miles). There are too few 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 most common wind at Courseulles Sur Mer 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 Courseulles Sur Mer. Converseley, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 4% of the time (1 days each November) and blows offshore just 13% of the time (2 days in an average November). Over an average November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Courseulles Sur Mer

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