Praia Dos Acores Wind Stats

This image shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical May. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 3440 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Praia Dos Acores, located 24 km away (15 miles). There are insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Without question some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the dominant wind at Praia Dos Acores blows from the SSE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Praia Dos Acores. On the other hand, dominant spokes represent 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 May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 14% of the time (4 days each May) and blows offshore 34% of the time (4 days in an average May). In a typical May wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Praia Dos Acores

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