Tapia de Casariego Wind Stats

This image describes how commonly 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 the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3472 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Tapia de Casariego, located 49 km away (30 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 dominant wind at Tapia de Casariego blows from the NW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Tapia de Casariego. Converseley, 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 (light blue) about 14% of the time (4 days each July) and blows offshore 25% of the time (7 days in an average July). During a typical July wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Tapia de Casariego

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