Plouharnel La Guerite Tata Beach Wind Stats

This picture shows 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 suggests the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3590 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Plouharnel La Guerite Tata Beach, located 29 km away (18 miles). There are insufficient 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 prevailing wind at Plouharnel La Guerite Tata Beach blows from the W. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Plouharnel La Guerite Tata Beach. 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 August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 10% of the time (3 days each August) and blows offshore 24% of the time (7 days in an average August). Over an average August wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Plouharnel La Guerite Tata Beach

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