Las Islitas (Matanchen Bay) Wind Stats

This picture illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal June. 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 3506 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Las Islitas (Matanchen Bay), located 26 km away (16 miles). There are too few 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 dominant wind at Las Islitas (Matanchen Bay) blows from the SSW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Las Islitas (Matanchen Bay). By contrast, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 50% of the time (15 days each June) and blows offshore 57% of the time (2 days in an average June). Over an average June winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 0 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Las Islitas (Matanchen Bay)

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