Playa de los Barcos Wind Stats

This picture illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal June. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3506 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Playa de los Barcos, located 3 km away (2 miles). There are insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Without question some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the most common wind at Playa de los Barcos blows from the NW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Playa de los Barcos. Converseley, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 29% of the time (9 days each June) and blows offshore 48% of the time (4 days in an average June). Over an average June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Playa de los Barcos

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