Terceira - Sao Mateus da Calherta Wind Stats

This image shows how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal June. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the darkest shade of blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3266 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Terceira - Sao Mateus da Calherta, located 26 km away (16 miles). There are not enough 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 most common wind at Terceira - Sao Mateus da Calherta blows from the S. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Terceira - Sao Mateus da Calherta. Converseley, 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 June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 2% of the time (1 days each June) and blows offshore just 6% of the time (0 days in an average June). Over an average June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Terceira - Sao Mateus da Calherta

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