Ile d'Oleron - Les Boulassiers Wind Stats

The rose diagram shows how often 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 suggests the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 2880 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Ile d'Oleron - Les Boulassiers, located 13 km away (8 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 Ile d'Oleron - Les Boulassiers blows from the WNW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Ile d'Oleron - Les Boulassiers. On the other hand, 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 10% of the time (3 days each April) and blows offshore 32% of the time (9 days in an average April). Over an average April winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Ile d'Oleron - Les Boulassiers

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