Potrero Grande (Ollie's Point) Wind Stats

The rose diagram shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical July. The longest 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 3720 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Potrero Grande (Ollie's Point), located 27 km away (17 miles). There are not enough 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 most common wind at Potrero Grande (Ollie's Point) blows from the SSW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Potrero Grande (Ollie's Point). Converseley, 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. Over an average July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 8% of the time (2 days each July) and blows offshore 90% of the time (28 days in an average July). During a typical July winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Potrero Grande (Ollie's Point)

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