Ilha Do Pontal Wind Stats

This image illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical August. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the strongest winds shown by the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 3582 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Ilha Do Pontal, located 4 km away (2 miles). There are insufficient 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 dominant wind at Ilha Do Pontal blows from the ESE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Ilha Do Pontal. 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 August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 3% of the time (1 days each August) and blows offshore just 7% of the time (1 days in an average August). In a typical August wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Ilha Do Pontal

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