Pepinos Wind Stats

This picture shows how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal August. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the strongest winds shown by deep blue. It is based on 3286 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Pepinos, located 13 km away (8 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 most common wind at Pepinos blows from the SW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Pepinos. On the other hand, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more dark 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 8% of the time (2 days each August) and blows offshore 8% of the time (2 days in an average August). Over an average August wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Pepinos

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