Elle Muelle de Ecuasal Wind Stats

The figure illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical August. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 2976 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Elle Muelle de Ecuasal, located 27 km away (17 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 most common wind at Elle Muelle de Ecuasal blows from the SSW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Elle Muelle de Ecuasal. On the other hand, dominant spokes represent 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 August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 1.4% of the time (0 days each August) and blows offshore just 1.4% of the time (0 days in an average August). In a typical August winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 0 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Elle Muelle de Ecuasal

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