Puerto Fiel Wind Stats

The rose diagram shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical August. The longest 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 3590 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Puerto Fiel, located 6 km away (4 miles). There are not enough 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 dominant wind at Puerto Fiel blows from the SW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Puerto Fiel. 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 (pale blue) about 12% of the time (4 days each August) and blows offshore 12% of the time (1 days in an average August). In a typical August wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Puerto Fiel

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