KM-200 - Totoritas Wind Stats

This chart describes how frequently 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 indicates the strength, with the strongest winds shown by deep blue. It is based on 3582 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to KM-200 - Totoritas, located 34 km away (21 miles). There are too few 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 most common wind at KM-200 - Totoritas 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 KM-200 - Totoritas. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark 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 1.8% of the time (1 days each August) and blows offshore just 1.8% of the time (1 days in an average August). In a typical August winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 5 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at KM-200 - Totoritas

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