Alfonsina (Mar del Plata) Wind Stats

The figure describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal September. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Alfonsina (Mar del Plata), located 4 km away (2 miles). There are not enough 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 Alfonsina (Mar del Plata) blows from the ESE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Alfonsina (Mar del Plata). On the other hand, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical September, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 5% of the time (2 days each September) and blows offshore 17% of the time (0 days in an average September). Over an average September wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Alfonsina (Mar del Plata)

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