Constitucion (Mar del Plata) Wind Stats

This picture describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical October. 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 dark blue. It is based on 3471 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Constitucion (Mar del Plata), located 5 km away (3 miles). There are not enough 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 Constitucion (Mar del Plata) blows from the E. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Constitucion (Mar del Plata). By contrast, 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 October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 6% of the time (2 days each October) and blows offshore 19% of the time (1 days in an average October). In a typical October winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 2 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Constitucion (Mar del Plata)

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