San Miguel - Areias Wind Stats

This picture illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical January. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the darkest shade of blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3364 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to San Miguel - Areias, located 21 km away (13 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 San Miguel - Areias blows from the NW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at San Miguel - Areias. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average January, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 5% of the time (2 days each January) and blows offshore 31% of the time (9 days in an average January). During a typical January winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at San Miguel - Areias

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