Playa de San Martin Wind Stats

This chart illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal October. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3471 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Playa de San Martin, located 21 km away (13 miles). There are too few 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 most common wind at Playa de San Martin blows from the NW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Playa de San Martin. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 27% of the time (8 days each October) and blows offshore 47% of the time (14 days in an average October). Over an average October wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Playa de San Martin

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