Playa Escondida Wind Stats

This chart shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical May. The longest 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 deep blue. It is based on 3230 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Playa Escondida, located 39 km away (24 miles). There are insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. No doubt 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 Escondida blows from the SSW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Playa Escondida. By contrast, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 52% of the time (16 days each May) and blows offshore 57% of the time (9 days in an average May). During a typical May winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 0 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Playa Escondida

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