Playa de la Atalaya y Cazanera Wind Stats

The graph shows 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 deep blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3590 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Playa de la Atalaya y Cazanera, located 50 km away (31 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 dominant wind at Playa de la Atalaya y Cazanera blows from the NW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Playa de la Atalaya y Cazanera. Converseley, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more deep 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 (the lightest shade of blue) about 17% of the time (5 days each August) and blows offshore 36% of the time (2 days in an average August). During a typical August wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Playa de la Atalaya y Cazanera

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