El Comedor Wind Stats

This picture 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 implies the strength, with dark blue strongest. It is based on 2976 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to El Comedor, located 40 km away (25 miles). There are insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. No doubt some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the dominant wind at El Comedor blows from the N. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at El Comedor. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate 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 July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 0.1% of the time (0 days each July) and blows offshore just 0.1% of the time (0 days in an average July). In a typical July winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 7 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at El Comedor

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