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Santa Monica Samo 20 Wind Stats

Wind Stats

(% offshore)

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(any wind direction)

The rose diagram describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical March. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the darkest shade of blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3460 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Santa Monica Samo 20, located 47 km away (29 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 Santa Monica Samo 20 blows from the SW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Santa Monica Samo 20. Converseley, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average March, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 29% of the time (9 days each March) and blows offshore 48% of the time (15 days in an average March). During a typical March winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 1 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Santa Monica Samo 20

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