Petten Wind Stats

This image illustrates how frequently 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 implies the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3323 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Petten, located 27 km away (17 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 Petten blows from the NW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Petten. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark 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 (light blue) about 3% of the time (1 days each October) and blows offshore just 11% of the time (3 days in an average October). In a typical October winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Petten

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