Playa del Barco Wind Stats

This image illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical July. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3720 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Playa del Barco, located 6 km away (4 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 dominant wind at Playa del Barco blows from the SW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Playa del Barco. 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 (the lightest shade of blue) about 0.2% of the time (0 days each July) and blows offshore just 0.6% of the time (0 days in an average July). During a typical July winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Playa del Barco

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