Playa de San Lorenzo Wind Stats

The rose diagram shows how commonly 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 deep blue strongest. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Playa de San Lorenzo, located 53 km away (33 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 prevailing wind at Playa de San Lorenzo 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 San Lorenzo. Converseley, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more deep 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 (light blue) about 14% of the time (4 days each September) and blows offshore 20% of the time (4 days in an average September). Over an average September winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Playa de San Lorenzo

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