Rincon De Baja Wind Stats

The rose diagram describes how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal April. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Rincon De Baja, located 41 km away (25 miles). There are too few 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 Rincon De Baja blows from the WSW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Rincon De Baja. By contrast, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 10% of the time (3 days each April) and blows offshore 14% of the time (4 days in an average April). Over an average April wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Rincon De Baja

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