Playa Santa Maria del Mar Wind Stats

The graph shows how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical September. 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 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Playa Santa Maria del Mar, located 46 km away (29 miles). There are not enough 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 Playa Santa Maria del Mar blows from the NW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Playa Santa Maria del Mar. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average September, 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 September) and blows offshore 52% of the time (12 days in an average September). In a typical September winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Playa Santa Maria del Mar

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