Isla Canela Wind Stats

The rose diagram shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal October. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 3471 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Isla Canela, located 39 km away (24 miles). There are too few 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 prevailing wind at Isla Canela blows from the WSW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Isla Canela. Converseley, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 17% of the time (5 days each October) and blows offshore 33% of the time (5 days in an average October). Over an average October wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Isla Canela

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