La Izquierda de la Rocas Wind Stats

The figure shows how commonly 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 implies the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 3347 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to La Izquierda de la Rocas, located 55 km away (34 miles). There are not enough 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 La Izquierda de la Rocas blows from the SE. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at La Izquierda de la Rocas. Converseley, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of 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 7% of the time (2 days each November) and blows offshore 23% of the time (2 days in an average November). During a typical November wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at La Izquierda de la Rocas

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