Salina Cruz Wind Stats

The figure illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical July. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with deep blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3472 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Salina Cruz, located 24 km away (15 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 dominant wind at Salina Cruz blows from the SSW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Salina Cruz. Converseley, 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 July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 16% of the time (5 days each July) and blows offshore 74% of the time (23 days in an average July). In a typical July winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Salina Cruz

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