Zumaya (Playa de Itxurun) Wind Stats

The rose diagram shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal October. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the strongest winds shown by the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 3471 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Zumaya (Playa de Itxurun), located 29 km away (18 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 Zumaya (Playa de Itxurun) 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 Zumaya (Playa de Itxurun). Converseley, 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 October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 20% of the time (6 days each October) and blows offshore 49% of the time (15 days in an average October). Over an average October wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Zumaya (Playa de Itxurun)

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