El Roque Taganana Wind Stats

The figure describes 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 darkest shade of 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 Roque Taganana, located 22 km away (14 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 El Roque Taganana 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 Roque Taganana. Converseley, 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 0.1% of the time (0 days each July) and blows offshore just 0.1% of the time (0 days in an average July). Over an average July winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 8 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at El Roque Taganana

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