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knmi_harmonie

MF Arome 1.3

UKMO UK 2

DMI HARMONIE 2

KNMI 2

DWD Icon D 2

MF Arome 2.5

KNMI EU 5.5

DWD ICON EU 7

UKMO Global 10

DWD ICON Global 11

MF Arpege EU 11

GFS global 13

GFS GRAPES 13

BOM ACCESS 15

GEM Global 15

GFS GraphCast 25

ECMWF IFS 25

ECMWF AIFS 28

ECMWF IFS 44

JMA gSM 55

MF Arpege 55

Model	knmi_harmonie_arome_netherlands run: 01/05 09:24																																														IFS HD 2.5 km run: 01/05 09:24																																																																GFS 13 km run: 01/05 09:24
Date Optimal	Th 1 7h	Th 1 8h	Th 1 9h	Th 1 10h	Th 1 11h	Th 1 12h	Th 1 13h	Th 1 14h	Th 1 15h	Th 1 16h	Th 1 17h	Th 1 18h	Th 1 19h	Th 1 20h	Th 1 21h	Fr 2 7h	Fr 2 8h	Fr 2 9h	Fr 2 10h	Fr 2 11h	Fr 2 12h	Fr 2 13h	Fr 2 14h	Fr 2 15h	Fr 2 16h	Fr 2 17h	Fr 2 18h	Fr 2 19h	Fr 2 20h	Fr 2 21h	Sa 3 6h	Sa 3 7h	Sa 3 8h	Sa 3 9h	Sa 3 10h	Sa 3 11h	Sa 3 12h	Sa 3 13h	Sa 3 14h	Sa 3 15h	Sa 3 16h	Sa 3 17h	Sa 3 18h	Sa 3 19h	Sa 3 20h	Sa 3 21h	Su 4 6h	Su 4 7h	Su 4 8h	Su 4 9h	Su 4 10h	Su 4 11h	Su 4 12h	Su 4 13h	Su 4 14h	Su 4 15h	Su 4 16h	Su 4 17h	Su 4 18h	Su 4 19h	Su 4 20h	Su 4 21h	Mo 5 6h	Mo 5 7h	Mo 5 8h	Mo 5 9h	Mo 5 10h	Mo 5 11h	Mo 5 12h	Mo 5 13h	Mo 5 14h	Mo 5 15h	Mo 5 16h	Mo 5 17h	Mo 5 18h	Mo 5 19h	Mo 5 20h	Mo 5 21h	Tu 6 6h	Tu 6 7h	Tu 6 8h	Tu 6 9h	Tu 6 10h	Tu 6 11h	Tu 6 12h	Tu 6 13h	Tu 6 14h	Tu 6 15h	Tu 6 16h	Tu 6 17h	Tu 6 18h	Tu 6 19h	Tu 6 20h	Tu 6 21h	We 7 6h	We 7 7h	We 7 8h	We 7 9h	We 7 10h	We 7 11h	We 7 12h	We 7 13h	We 7 14h	We 7 15h	We 7 16h	We 7 17h	We 7 18h	We 7 19h	We 7 20h	We 7 21h	Th 8 6h	Th 8 7h	Th 8 8h	Th 8 9h	Th 8 10h	Th 8 11h	Th 8 12h	Th 8 13h	Th 8 14h	Th 8 15h	Th 8 16h	Th 8 17h	Th 8 18h	Th 8 19h	Th 8 20h	Th 8 21h	Fr 9 6h	Fr 9 7h	Fr 9 8h	Fr 9 9h	Fr 9 10h	Fr 9 11h	Fr 9 12h	Fr 9 13h	Fr 9 14h	Fr 9 15h	Fr 9 16h	Fr 9 17h	Fr 9 18h	Fr 9 19h	Fr 9 20h	Fr 9 21h	Sa 10 6h	Sa 10 7h	Sa 10 8h	Sa 10 9h	Sa 10 10h	Sa 10 11h	Sa 10 12h	Sa 10 13h	Sa 10 14h	Sa 10 15h	Sa 10 16h	Sa 10 17h	Sa 10 18h	Sa 10 19h	Sa 10 20h	Sa 10 21h	Su 11 6h	Su 11 7h	Su 11 8h	Su 11 9h	Su 11 10h	Su 11 11h	Su 11 12h	Su 11 13h	Su 11 14h	Su 11 15h	Su 11 16h	Su 11 17h	Su 11 18h	Su 11 19h	Su 11 20h	Su 11 21h	Mo 12 6h	Mo 12 7h	Mo 12 8h	Mo 12 9h	Mo 12 10h	Mo 12 11h	Mo 12 12h	Mo 12 13h	Mo 12 14h	Mo 12 15h	Mo 12 16h	Mo 12 17h	Mo 12 18h	Mo 12 19h	Mo 12 20h	Mo 12 21h	Tu 13 6h	Tu 13 7h	Tu 13 8h	Tu 13 9h	Tu 13 10h	Tu 13 11h	Tu 13 12h	Tu 13 13h	Tu 13 14h	Tu 13 15h	Tu 13 16h	Tu 13 17h	Tu 13 18h	Tu 13 19h	Tu 13 20h	Tu 13 21h	We 14 6h	We 14 7h	We 14 8h	We 14 9h	We 14 10h	We 14 11h	We 14 12h	We 14 13h	We 14 14h	We 14 15h	We 14 16h	We 14 17h	We 14 18h	We 14 19h	We 14 20h	We 14 21h	Th 15 6h	Th 15 7h	Th 15 8h	Th 15 9h	Th 15 10h	Th 15 11h	Th 15 12h	Th 15 13h	Th 15 14h	Th 15 15h	Th 15 16h	Th 15 17h	Th 15 18h	Th 15 19h	Th 15 20h	Th 15 21h	Fr 16 6h	Fr 16 7h	Fr 16 8h	Fr 16 9h	Fr 16 10h	Fr 16 11h	Fr 16 12h	Fr 16 13h	Fr 16 14h	Fr 16 15h	Fr 16 16h	Fr 16 17h	Fr 16 18h	Fr 16 19h	Fr 16 20h	Fr 16 21h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	5	6	6	4	3	0	1	2	5	3	4	4	4	2	1	3	1	4	8	10	11	12	13	14	13	13	13	11	9	7	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	6	7	13	14	14	13	18	20	20	21	20	18	18	17	16	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	17	16	21	21	21	20	20	19	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	14	14	14	15	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	7	6	6	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	9	10	11	12	13	14	14	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	17	17	18	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	22	23	23	23	23	23
Gusts (kn)	8	9	10	10	8	6	2	3	7	7	6	6	6	5	3	7	4	4	14	16	16	18	19	21	21	20	19	18	16	13	6	6	8	9	10	9	9	12	13	22	20	21	21	26	26	26	25	27	26	26	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	22	22	19	20	17	14	15	16	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	21	19	21	21	22	22	22	23	22	21	20	21	22	23	22	22	22	21	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	5	5	4	3	2	1	2	4	5	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	11	11	11	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	9	10	10	11	12	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	23	24	24	23	15	16	16	16	17	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	12	13	14	14	16	15	15	14	12	11	11	12	13	14	16	18	19	20	21	21	19	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	21	21	22	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	26	27	28	29	29	30	31	31	29
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.1	1.3	1.4	1.6	1.7	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.5	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0
Wave Per.	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Energy (Kj)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	12	14	16	18	20	20	21	21	19	18	23	29	36	47	62	85	256	264	275	283	286	280	279	274	270	261	253	246	238	225	213	201	168	164	161	158	145	133	122	113	105	97	92	88	83	80	79	78	67	72	76	80	84	89	95	96	96	98	107	114	122	96	71	53	64	62	59	57	55	51	48	46	43	41	39	36	34	32	32	30
Temp. (°C)	11	13	15	17	19	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	8	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Rain (mm)																																																																																					0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1																																																																					0.1	0.1	0.1
Cloud Cov. (%)	32	21	20	22	35	15	73	68		99	100	39	100	100	88	100	100	100	100	100	23	3	11	1	80	100	97	4	4	90	22	88	3							3	1	100	99	8			40	71	90	86	70	55	46	38	35	39	48	57	66	74	79	77	46	19													2	21	60	49	47	62	85	100	95	82	74	80	91	100	100	100	100	79	73	80	82	77	66	56	46	35	29	31	37	43	50	57	60	57	47	53	59	64	67	70	72	72	69	60	47	34	21	8			11	10	13	22	34	47	60	73	83	89	92	94	95	93	90	83	75	84	91	93	93	91	89	85	81	75	68	61	55	49	45	45	94	100	100	91	76	60	44	27	14	7	4	2	1				29	37	43	46	47	48	48	48	48	48	48	47	46	45	44	43	36	36	33	28	21	14	8	2		3	9	15	21	27	30	28										8	19	31	42	54	63	69	19	7	2	10	25	42	61	81	90	94	92	14	36	57	79	83	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Tide Ht.	-0.7	0.1	0.6	0.8	1.0	1.1	0.7	0.2	-0.1	-0.5	-1.0	-1.4	-1.2	-0.5	0.2	-1.0	-0.4	0.3	0.7	0.8	1.0	1.0	0.6	0.2	-0.2	-0.5	-1.0	-1.3	-1.0	-0.3	-0.5	-0.9	-0.8	-0.2	0.4	0.6	0.8	1.0	0.9	0.5	0.1	-0.1	-0.5	-0.9	-1.1	-0.8	-0.2	-0.5	-0.8	-0.7	-0.1	0.4	0.5	0.7	0.9	0.9	0.5	0.1	-0.1	-0.4	-0.8	-1.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.5	-0.8	-0.6	-0.1	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.9	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.0	-0.3	-0.8	0.1	-0.0	-0.2	-0.5	-0.7	-0.6	-0.2	0.1	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.9	0.5	0.3	0.1	-0.3	0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.5	-0.8	-0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.7	1.0	0.9	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.6	-0.8	-0.7	-0.3	-0.0	0.2	0.7	1.0	0.9	0.5	0.3	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.3	0.1	-0.2	-0.7	-0.9	-0.7	-0.3	-0.0	0.3	0.8	1.1	0.8	0.5	0.4	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.1	-0.3	-0.8	-1.0	-0.7	-0.3	0.0	0.4	0.9	1.1	0.8	0.1	0.6	1.0	0.8	0.5	0.2	-0.0	-0.5	-1.0	-1.0	-0.6	-0.2	0.1	0.6	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.4	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.4	0.1	-0.2	-0.7	-1.1	-1.0	-0.5	-0.0	0.3	0.7	1.1	-0.1	0.2	0.6	1.0	1.0	0.7	0.3	-0.0	-0.3	-0.8	-1.1	-0.9	-0.3	0.1	0.4	0.8	-0.4	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.0	0.9	0.5	0.1	-0.2	-0.5	-1.0	-1.1	-0.7	-0.1	0.3	0.6	-0.8	-0.1	0.4	0.6	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.3	-0.1	-0.3	-0.7	-1.0	-1.0	-0.4	0.2	0.5	-0.9	-0.5	0.2	0.6	0.7	0.9	0.9	0.6	0.1	-0.2	-0.4	-0.8	-1.0	-0.8	-0.2	0.4
Tide Dir.					high							low									high							low				low						high							low				low						high						low					low						high						low					low						high											low						high											low						high				high							low						high				high						low						high					high						low						high				high							low						high				high							low										high						low											high						low										high							low
Tide Time					11:40							18:10									12:30							19:00				07:20						13:20							20:00				08:20						14:20						20:50					09:10						15:20						21:50					10:10						16:20											11:10						17:10											12:10						18:10				06:40							13:00						19:00				07:20						13:50						19:50					08:10						14:40						20:30				08:50							15:20						21:20				09:40							16:00										10:20						16:50											11:00						17:30										11:50							18:10

Level: Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean, Island

Water type: Small wave, Medium wave

Water hazards: Swimmers

Water quality: Cloudy

Infos: The usual North Sea conditions and waves. Waves can be the best in Holland due to the islands beach position to the North Sea.

Beach type & size: Sand - Big

Infos: Long, wide sandy beach.

Identified hazards: None

Beachgoer: July, August

Weather specificities: Spring: air 14C, water 12C. Summer: air 20C, water 16C. Fall: air 12C, water 12C. Winter: air 4C, water 8C. Season is year round in principal, but May to October is the best. Wetsuit is necessary, especially in spring and autumn. Winter can be really cold. In summer a shorty is sufficient.

Wind type: Frontal

Wind specificities: Best in Westerly depressions. Best winds from fall to spring.

Best months: April, May, June, September, October, November

Access description: by Boat - A31 from Leeuwarden west to Harlingen. Here take a boat to Terschelling. Here get to the NW of the island and find West aan Zee.

Specific rules: Zones, Time, License

Extra: The official zone is in between the both holiday villages West aan Zee and Midsland aan Zee. This is only during the summer months July and August when there's also a rescue team at the spots. You'll also need to get a permit at the town hall to be able to kite here. It's 10 Euro.

Nightlife: Very good in Midsland or in West-Terschelling especially during the summer months.

Accommodations: Shop, Rescue, Toilet, Food, Parking

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