Vermelha Wind Stats

This image describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical July. The longest 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 strongest. It is based on 3472 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Vermelha, located 19 km away (12 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 most common wind at Vermelha blows from the SSE. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Vermelha. On the other hand, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 8% of the time (2 days each July) and blows offshore 30% of the time (2 days in an average July). In a typical July wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Vermelha

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