Isla Santa Maria Wind Stats

The rose diagram describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical April. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Isla Santa Maria, located 41 km away (25 miles). There are too few 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 Isla Santa Maria blows from the SW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Isla Santa Maria. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 10% of the time (3 days each April) and blows offshore 12% of the time (3 days in an average April). In a typical April winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 3 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Isla Santa Maria

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