Praia do Futuro Wind Stats

This picture illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal August. The largest 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 showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3590 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Praia do Futuro, located 27 km away (17 miles). There are not enough 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 Praia do Futuro blows from the ENE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Praia do Futuro. On the other hand, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 0% of the time (0 days each August) and blows offshore just 0% of the time (0 days in an average August). Over an average August winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Praia do Futuro

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