Isla Vista Wind Stats

The rose diagram shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal October. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the darkest shade of blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3471 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Isla Vista, located 47 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 dominant wind at Isla Vista blows from the W. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Isla Vista. Converseley, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 16% of the time (5 days each October) and blows offshore 20% of the time (2 days in an average October). Over an average October winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Isla Vista

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