Playa de los Ahogados Wind Stats

The figure describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical August. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with dark blue strongest. It is based on 3574 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Playa de los Ahogados, located 30 km away (19 miles). There are insufficient 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 most common wind at Playa de los Ahogados blows from the SW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Playa de los Ahogados. By contrast, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 13% of the time (4 days each August) and blows offshore 18% of the time (6 days in an average August). In a typical August winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Playa de los Ahogados

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