Barre del Chuy Wind Stats

The rose diagram illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical June. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 3506 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Barre del Chuy, located 25 km away (16 miles). There are insufficient 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 prevailing wind at Barre del Chuy blows from the SE. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Barre del Chuy. By contrast, dominant spokes illustrate 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 June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 10% of the time (3 days each June) and blows offshore 32% of the time (8 days in an average June). During a typical June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Barre del Chuy

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