Las Islitas (Matanchen Bay) Wind Stats

The rose diagram describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical July. The biggest 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 the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 3720 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Las Islitas (Matanchen Bay), located 26 km away (16 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 prevailing wind at Las Islitas (Matanchen Bay) blows from the SSW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Las Islitas (Matanchen Bay). On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 49% of the time (15 days each July) and blows offshore 60% of the time (2 days in an average July). In a typical July winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 0 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Las Islitas (Matanchen Bay)

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