Biarritz - Cote des Basques Wind Stats

This chart illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal December. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3448 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Biarritz - Cote des Basques, located 35 km away (22 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 Biarritz - Cote des Basques blows from the WNW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Biarritz - Cote des Basques. On the other hand, dominant spokes represent 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 December, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 14% of the time (4 days each December) and blows offshore 32% of the time (9 days in an average December). Over an average December winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Biarritz - Cote des Basques

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