Punta Umbria (Playa Camarón) Wind Stats

The figure illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical April. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the strongest winds shown by deep blue. It is based on 3342 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Punta Umbria (Playa Camarón), located 20 km away (12 miles). There are too few 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 prevailing wind at Punta Umbria (Playa Camarón) blows from the WSW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Punta Umbria (Playa Camarón). By contrast, dominant spokes show 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 (light blue) about 11% of the time (3 days each April) and blows offshore 20% of the time (3 days in an average April). During a typical April wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Punta Umbria (Playa Camarón)

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