Isla de Izaro Wind Stats

This image shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical October. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with deep blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3471 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Isla de Izaro, located 17 km away (11 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 Isla de Izaro blows from the NW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Isla de Izaro. By contrast, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 20% of the time (6 days each October) and blows offshore 44% of the time (13 days in an average October). In a typical October wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Isla de Izaro

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