Punta Piedras Wind Stats

This picture shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal August. The largest 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 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 Punta Piedras, located 49 km away (30 miles). There are insufficient 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 Punta Piedras blows from the ENE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Punta Piedras. On the other hand, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more deep 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 5% of the time (2 days each August) and blows offshore 19% of the time (6 days in an average August). Over an average August winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 4 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Punta Piedras

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