Desembocadura de Garzon Wind Stats

This chart illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal May. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the darkest shade of blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 1240 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Desembocadura de Garzon, located 23 km away (14 miles). There are not enough recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Invevitably some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the dominant wind at Desembocadura de Garzon blows from the S. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Desembocadura de Garzon. Converseley, dominant spokes show 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 May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 9% of the time (3 days each May) and blows offshore 28% of the time (8 days in an average May). Over an average May wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Desembocadura de Garzon

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