Tamarindo Playa Serena (Mar del Plata) Wind Stats

This picture shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical June. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3266 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Tamarindo Playa Serena (Mar del Plata), located 13 km away (8 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 most common wind at Tamarindo Playa Serena (Mar del Plata) blows from the SE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Tamarindo Playa Serena (Mar del Plata). On the other hand, 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 June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 6% of the time (2 days each June) and blows offshore 43% of the time (12 days in an average June). During a typical June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Tamarindo Playa Serena (Mar del Plata)

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