Playa de los Ahogados Wind Stats

The graph illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal June. The biggest 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 deep blue. It is based on 3506 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 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 most common wind at Playa de los Ahogados blows from the WSW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Playa de los Ahogados. By contrast, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of 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 (pale blue) about 13% of the time (4 days each June) and blows offshore 19% of the time (6 days in an average June). Over an average June winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Playa de los Ahogados

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