Igueste de San Andres Wind Stats

This chart describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal January. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 3364 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Igueste de San Andres, located 14 km away (9 miles). There are too few 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 Igueste de San Andres blows from the NNE. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Igueste de San Andres. On the other hand, 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. During a typical January, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 0.6% of the time (0 days each January) and blows offshore just 14% of the time (2 days in an average January). Over an average January winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 2 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Igueste de San Andres

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