Anse St Martin Wind Stats

The figure illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal September. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the strongest winds shown by the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 3358 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Anse St Martin, located 24 km away (15 miles). There are too few 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 dominant wind at Anse St Martin blows from the WNW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Anse St Martin. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical September, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 5% of the time (2 days each September) and blows offshore 13% of the time (0 days in an average September). Over an average September wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Anse St Martin

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