Wijk aan Zee Noordpier Wind Stats

This chart 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 deep blue strongest. It is based on 3351 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Wijk aan Zee Noordpier, located 6 km away (4 miles). There are too few 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 Wijk aan Zee Noordpier blows from the NW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Wijk aan Zee Noordpier. Converseley, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more deep 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 (light blue) about 7% of the time (2 days each April) and blows offshore 20% of the time (2 days in an average April). Over an average April winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 2 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Wijk aan Zee Noordpier

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