Moliets Plage Wind Stats

This picture shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal September. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3359 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Moliets Plage, located 12 km away (7 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 dominant wind at Moliets Plage blows from the WNW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Moliets Plage. Converseley, 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 September, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 19% of the time (6 days each September) and blows offshore 42% of the time (12 days in an average September). Over an average September wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Moliets Plage

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