Gamboa Wind Stats

The graph shows how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal August. The biggest 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 3438 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Gamboa, located 14 km away (9 miles). There are too few recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. No doubt some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the prevailing wind at Gamboa 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 Gamboa. 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. During a typical August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 9% of the time (3 days each August) and blows offshore 38% of the time (12 days in an average August). Over an average August wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Gamboa

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