Playa Mariano (Mar del Plata) Wind Stats

The graph illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal April. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests 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 Playa Mariano (Mar del Plata), located 46 km away (29 miles). There are too few 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 prevailing wind at Playa Mariano (Mar del Plata) blows from the SE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Playa Mariano (Mar del Plata). 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. During a typical April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 5% of the time (2 days each April) and blows offshore 28% of the time (8 days in an average April). Over an average April wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Playa Mariano (Mar del Plata)

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