Cabo de la Vela Wind Stats

This image illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical August. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with dark blue strongest. It is based on 3574 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Cabo de la Vela, located 37 km away (23 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 prevailing wind at Cabo de la Vela blows from the ENE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Cabo de la Vela. Converseley, 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 (the lightest shade of blue) about 2% of the time (1 days each August) and blows offshore just 62% of the time (16 days in an average August). During a typical August winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 9 days at Cabo de la Vela

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