La Paloma (Mar del Plata) Wind Stats

This image describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. The biggest 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 3347 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to La Paloma (Mar del Plata), located 38 km away (24 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 La Paloma (Mar del Plata) blows from the SSE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at La Paloma (Mar del Plata). Converseley, 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 November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 4% of the time (1 days each November) and blows offshore just 19% of the time (6 days in an average November). During a typical November wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at La Paloma (Mar del Plata)

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