Desembocadura de Garzon Wind Stats

The figure describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical June. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 1354 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Desembocadura de Garzon, located 23 km away (14 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 prevailing wind at Desembocadura de Garzon blows from the S. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Desembocadura de Garzon. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more deep 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 6% of the time (2 days each June) and blows offshore 29% of the time (8 days in an average June). During a typical June winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Desembocadura de Garzon

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