Los Cocos Wind Stats

This chart illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. 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 3347 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Los Cocos, located 46 km away (29 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 dominant wind at Los Cocos blows from the NE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Los Cocos. By contrast, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of 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 (the lightest shade of blue) about 8% of the time (2 days each November) and blows offshore 9% of the time (2 days in an average November). During a typical November winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 7 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Los Cocos

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