Punta Arena Wind Stats

This picture illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical June. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3506 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Punta Arena, located 10 km away (6 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 Punta Arena blows from the NE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Punta Arena. On the other hand, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 1.3% of the time (0 days each June) and blows offshore just 72% of the time (0 days in an average June). During a typical June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Punta Arena

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