Playa de Tagle Wind Stats

This chart describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical April. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the strongest winds shown by deep blue. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Playa de Tagle, located 11 km away (7 miles). There are not enough 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 prevailing wind at Playa de Tagle blows from the NW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Playa de Tagle. By contrast, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 22% of the time (7 days each April) and blows offshore 42% of the time (12 days in an average April). In a typical April wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Playa de Tagle

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