Bastendorff Beach Wind Stats

The rose diagram describes how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical October. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies 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 Bastendorff Beach, located 21 km away (13 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 prevailing wind at Bastendorff 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 Bastendorff Beach. On the other hand, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more dark 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 14% of the time (4 days each October) and blows offshore 35% of the time (11 days in an average October). In a typical October winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Bastendorff Beach

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