Sun Rider (Mar del Plata) Wind Stats

The rose diagram describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal June. 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 3266 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Sun Rider (Mar del Plata), located 6 km away (4 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 prevailing wind at Sun Rider (Mar del Plata) blows from the SSE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Sun Rider (Mar del Plata). On the other hand, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 6% of the time (2 days each June) and blows offshore 48% of the time (14 days in an average June). Over an average June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Sun Rider (Mar del Plata)

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