San Pedrito (Todos Santos) Wind Stats

The graph describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical July. 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 dark blue. It is based on 3472 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to San Pedrito (Todos Santos), located 25 km away (16 miles). There are not enough recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Without question some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the dominant wind at San Pedrito (Todos Santos) blows from the SSW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at San Pedrito (Todos Santos). By contrast, 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. Over an average July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 19% of the time (6 days each July) and blows offshore 20% of the time (6 days in an average July). In a typical July winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 0 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at San Pedrito (Todos Santos)

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