Choroni - Playa Grande Wind Stats

This chart illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 3347 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Choroni - Playa Grande, located 70 km away (43 miles). There are too few 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 prevailing wind at Choroni - Playa Grande blows from the NE. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Choroni - Playa Grande. By contrast, 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 November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 9% of the time (3 days each November) and blows offshore 11% of the time (0 days in an average November). During a typical November wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Choroni - Playa Grande

read more