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Copacabana Wind Stats

Wind Stats

(% offshore)

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(any wind direction)

This picture describes how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal March. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3460 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Copacabana, located 6 km away (4 miles). There are too few 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 Copacabana blows from the NW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Copacabana. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical March, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 21% of the time (7 days each March) and blows offshore 40% of the time (12 days in an average March). Over an average March winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Copacabana

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