La Posta Wind Stats

This chart illustrates how commonly 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 deep blue strongest. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to La Posta, located 16 km away (10 miles). There are insufficient 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 La Posta blows from the SSE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at La Posta. On the other hand, dominant spokes represent 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 (pale blue) about 5% of the time (2 days each September) and blows offshore 15% of the time (4 days in an average September). Over an average September wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at La Posta

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