Jose Ignacio Wind Stats

The graph shows how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 1200 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Jose Ignacio, located 22 km away (14 miles). There are too few 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 Jose Ignacio blows from the SSE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Jose Ignacio. Converseley, 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 November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 4% of the time (1 days each November) and blows offshore just 14% of the time (4 days in an average November). In a typical November wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Jose Ignacio

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