La Concha Wind Stats

The figure describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical April. The longest 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 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to La Concha, located 21 km away (13 miles). There are not enough 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 La Concha blows from the NW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at La Concha. By contrast, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 20% of the time (6 days each April) and blows offshore 41% of the time (11 days in an average April). In a typical April wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at La Concha

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