Nordseeklinik Westerland (Sylt) Wind Stats

This picture illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal April. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 2878 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Nordseeklinik Westerland (Sylt), located 21 km away (13 miles). There are too few 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 dominant wind at Nordseeklinik Westerland (Sylt) blows from the W. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Nordseeklinik Westerland (Sylt). By contrast, 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 April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 6% of the time (2 days each April) and blows offshore 15% of the time (2 days in an average April). Over an average April winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Nordseeklinik Westerland (Sylt)

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