Playa Ojo de Garza Wind Stats

The graph shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical October. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the strongest winds shown by the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 3471 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Playa Ojo de Garza, located 38 km away (24 miles). There are too few 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 Playa Ojo de Garza blows from the NNW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Playa Ojo de Garza. By contrast, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 13% of the time (4 days each October) and blows offshore 20% of the time (0 days in an average October). During a typical October winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 4 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Playa Ojo de Garza

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