Asia - Mar Azul Wind Stats

This picture describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal May. 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 3414 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Asia - Mar Azul, located 49 km away (30 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 most common wind at Asia - Mar Azul blows from the SSW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Asia - Mar Azul. On the other hand, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 0.8% of the time (0 days each May) and blows offshore just 0.8% of the time (0 days in an average May). Over an average May winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 5 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Asia - Mar Azul

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