Maceda Wind Stats

The figure illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal April. The biggest 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 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Maceda, located 30 km away (19 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 prevailing wind at Maceda blows from the WNW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Maceda. By contrast, 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 April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 16% of the time (5 days each April) and blows offshore 30% of the time (9 days in an average April). Over an average April winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Maceda

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