Sainte Adresse Wind Stats

This image shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal October. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with deep blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3466 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Sainte Adresse, located 5 km away (3 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 dominant wind at Sainte Adresse blows from the W. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Sainte Adresse. On the other hand, 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 October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 6% of the time (2 days each October) and blows offshore 12% of the time (1 days in an average October). Over an average October winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Sainte Adresse

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