Punta de Lobos Wind Stats

The figure illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal July. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates 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 Punta de Lobos, located 42 km away (26 miles). There are too few 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 dominant wind at Punta de Lobos blows from the SW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Punta de Lobos. 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 July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 14% of the time (4 days each July) and blows offshore 29% of the time (9 days in an average July). Over an average July winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Punta de Lobos

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