Blancs Sablons Wind Stats

The graph describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical April. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Blancs Sablons, located 22 km away (14 miles). There are insufficient 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 Blancs Sablons blows from the WNW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Blancs Sablons. By contrast, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 7% of the time (2 days each April) and blows offshore 29% of the time (9 days in an average April). During a typical April winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Blancs Sablons

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