Bauang Wind Stats

The graph shows how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal August. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with deep blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3573 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Bauang, located 34 km away (21 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 dominant wind at Bauang 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 Bauang. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 22% of the time (7 days each August) and blows offshore 38% of the time (8 days in an average August). Over an average August wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Bauang

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