Wijk aan Zee Noordpier Wind Stats

This picture shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal July. 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 deep blue. It is based on 3466 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Wijk aan Zee Noordpier, located 6 km away (4 miles). There are insufficient 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 represent favoured directions, and the more dark 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 (light blue) about 8% of the time (2 days each July) and blows offshore 16% of the time (1 days in an average July). Over an average July wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Wijk aan Zee Noordpier

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