Playa de Salinas Wind Stats

This image shows how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal November. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3347 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Playa de Salinas, located 46 km away (29 miles). There are too few recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. No doubt some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the dominant wind at Playa de Salinas blows from the NW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Playa de Salinas. Converseley, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 9% of the time (3 days each November) and blows offshore 28% of the time (8 days in an average November). Over an average November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 6 days at Playa de Salinas

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