St Jean de Luz - Sainte Barbe Wind Stats

This picture illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical October. 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 3471 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to St Jean de Luz - Sainte Barbe, located 29 km away (18 miles). There are not enough recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. No doubt some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the prevailing wind at St Jean de Luz - Sainte Barbe blows from the NW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at St Jean de Luz - Sainte Barbe. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 21% of the time (7 days each October) and blows offshore 53% of the time (2 days in an average October). During a typical October wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at St Jean de Luz - Sainte Barbe

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