Point de Pecheurs (Sapunis) Wind Stats

The rose diagram describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical July. The largest 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 3720 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Point de Pecheurs (Sapunis), 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 most common wind at Point de Pecheurs (Sapunis) blows from the S. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Point de Pecheurs (Sapunis). 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 July, 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 July) and blows offshore 52% of the time (16 days in an average July). During a typical July winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Point de Pecheurs (Sapunis)

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