Praia do Forte Wind Stats

The figure describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical August. The biggest 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 dark blue. It is based on 3590 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Praia do Forte, located 52 km away (32 miles). There are insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. No doubt some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the prevailing wind at Praia do Forte blows from the E. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Praia do Forte. 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. Over an average August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 4% of the time (1 days each August) and blows offshore just 14% of the time (0 days in an average August). During a typical August wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Praia do Forte

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