Kilometerstein Vier Hornum (Sylt) Wind Stats

The figure describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal June. The longest 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 showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3502 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Kilometerstein Vier Hornum (Sylt), located 33 km away (21 miles). There are insufficient 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 most common wind at Kilometerstein Vier Hornum (Sylt) blows from the NW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Kilometerstein Vier Hornum (Sylt). By contrast, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 7% of the time (2 days each June) and blows offshore 14% of the time (2 days in an average June). Over an average June winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Kilometerstein Vier Hornum (Sylt)

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