Labenne Ocean Wind Stats

The rose diagram describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal April. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Labenne Ocean, located 43 km away (27 miles). There are not enough recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Invevitably some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the dominant wind at Labenne Ocean blows from the WNW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Labenne Ocean. Converseley, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 19% of the time (6 days each April) and blows offshore 35% of the time (10 days in an average April). Over an average April wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Labenne Ocean

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