Playa Naranjo Wind Stats

This chart describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal November. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with dark blue strongest. It is based on 3347 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Playa Naranjo, located 42 km away (26 miles). There are not enough 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 Playa Naranjo blows from the SSW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Playa Naranjo. By contrast, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 8% of the time (2 days each November) and blows offshore 82% of the time (25 days in an average November). Over an average November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Playa Naranjo

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