Playa de Meron Wind Stats

This image illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal June. The longest 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 dark blue. It is based on 3506 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Playa de Meron, located 15 km away (9 miles). There are too few recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. No doubt some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the prevailing wind at Playa de Meron blows from the NW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Playa de Meron. By contrast, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 28% of the time (8 days each June) and blows offshore 38% of the time (11 days in an average June). Over an average June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Playa de Meron

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