La Barre de Jose Ignacio Wind Stats

This chart shows how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical May. 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 the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 1240 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to La Barre de Jose Ignacio, located 22 km away (14 miles). There are not enough 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 La Barre de Jose Ignacio blows from the S. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at La Barre de Jose Ignacio. By contrast, dominant spokes show 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 May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 9% of the time (3 days each May) and blows offshore 28% of the time (8 days in an average May). During a typical May wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at La Barre de Jose Ignacio

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