Plouharnel La Guerite Tata Beach Wind Stats

The figure shows how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal July. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the strongest winds shown by the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 3720 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 too few 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 graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Plouharnel La Guerite Tata Beach. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 9% of the time (3 days each July) and blows offshore 23% of the time (7 days in an average July). Over an average July wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Plouharnel La Guerite Tata Beach

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