IIbarritz Wind Stats

This image illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical October. 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 3471 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to IIbarritz, located 34 km away (21 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 prevailing wind at IIbarritz 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 IIbarritz. On the other hand, 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. Over an average October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 21% of the time (7 days each October) and blows offshore 53% of the time (16 days in an average October). In a typical October wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at IIbarritz

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