Palma Sola Wind Stats

The figure shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical October. 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 the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 2976 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Palma Sola, located 58 km away (36 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 Palma Sola blows from the NE. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Palma Sola. Converseley, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 15% of the time (5 days each October) and blows offshore 20% of the time (4 days in an average October). In a typical October winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 3 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Palma Sola

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