Escollera Sur (Mar del Plata) Wind Stats

This picture describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal September. The largest 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 2880 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Escollera Sur (Mar del Plata), located 5 km away (3 miles). There are insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Invevitably some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the dominant wind at Escollera Sur (Mar del Plata) blows from the SE. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Escollera Sur (Mar del Plata). On the other hand, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical September, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 7% of the time (2 days each September) and blows offshore 31% of the time (9 days in an average September). Over an average September wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Escollera Sur (Mar del Plata)

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