Terminus Berck Wind Stats

The rose diagram illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal August. The longest 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 2970 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2008, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Terminus Berck, located 10 km away (6 miles). There are not enough 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 most common wind at Terminus Berck blows from the WSW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Terminus Berck. Converseley, 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 August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 11% of the time (3 days each August) and blows offshore 18% of the time (2 days in an average August). Over an average August wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Terminus Berck

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