Playa Kasimesh Wind Stats

This image shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal May. The largest 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 3430 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Playa Kasimesh, located 32 km away (20 miles). There are insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Without question some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the most common wind at Playa Kasimesh blows from the ENE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Playa Kasimesh. 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. During a typical May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 1.6% of the time (0 days each May) and blows offshore just 2% of the time (1 days in an average May). Over an average May winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 10 days at Playa Kasimesh

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