Playa de Andrin Wind Stats

The graph describes how often 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 indicates the strength, with the darkest shade of blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Playa de Andrin, located 18 km away (11 miles). There are insufficient 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 most common wind at Playa de Andrin 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 Andrin. On the other hand, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark 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 22% of the time (7 days each April) and blows offshore 33% of the time (10 days in an average April). In a typical April wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Playa de Andrin

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