Los Pechos Wind Stats

This picture illustrates how often 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 dark blue strongest. It is based on 3414 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Los Pechos, located 26 km away (16 miles). There are too few 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 prevailing wind at Los Pechos blows from the SSW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Los Pechos. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate 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 (light blue) about 20% of the time (6 days each May) and blows offshore 78% of the time (24 days in an average May). Over an average May wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Los Pechos

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