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Praia Formosa Wind Stats

Wind Stats

(% offshore)

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(any wind direction)

This picture shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical March. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3460 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Praia Formosa, located 16 km away (10 miles). There are insufficient 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 prevailing wind at Praia Formosa blows from the WNW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Praia Formosa. By contrast, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average March, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 4% of the time (1 days each March) and blows offshore just 37% of the time (11 days in an average March). During a typical March wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Praia Formosa

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