Las Gaviotas Wind Stats

This image illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal September. 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 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Las Gaviotas, located 28 km away (17 miles). There are insufficient 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 Las Gaviotas blows from the NE. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Las Gaviotas. By contrast, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical September, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 18% of the time (5 days each September) and blows offshore 20% of the time (4 days in an average September). Over an average September winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 3 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Las Gaviotas

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