Santo Domingo Wind Stats

This chart shows 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 implies 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 Santo Domingo, located 37 km away (23 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 most common wind at Santo Domingo blows from the WSW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Santo Domingo. 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 July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 13% of the time (4 days each July) and blows offshore 19% of the time (6 days in an average July). During a typical July winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Santo Domingo

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