Playa de Mendia Wind Stats

This picture describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal May. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the strongest winds shown by deep blue. It is based on 3440 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Playa de Mendia, located 13 km away (8 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 Playa de Mendia blows from the NW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Playa de Mendia. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more deep 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 (the lightest shade of blue) about 23% of the time (7 days each May) and blows offshore 30% of the time (2 days in an average May). Over an average May wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Playa de Mendia

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