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Povoa do Varzim ratings
Quality on a good day: 2.0
Consistency of surf: 3.0
Difficulty level: 1.0

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Povoa do Varzim Surf Forecast / Portugal – North / Portugal

2 – 7 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 17 pm Monday 04 Jun 2012

Povoa do Varzim surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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Energy
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Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 1.4
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Period (s) (?) 12 11 10 10 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 9 9 8 8 8 10 10
Surfscale
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Max-energy 520 524 470 408 522 1363 1720 1510 1103 889 508 275 263 290 270 324 616 853
Wind
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15
WSW 10
W 15
SSE 25
SSW 30
SSW 15
W 20
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WSW 15
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W 15
S 15
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cross on on on glass on glass cross cross-
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Povoa do Varzim blow from the E
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
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Today's Povoa do Varzim sea temperature is 17.6 °C (Statistics for 04 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 16.8 max: 18.1 min: 15.0 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Cool air temperatures (max 19°C on Mon afternoon, min 17°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon night, fresh winds from the SSW by Wed night). Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Cool air temperatures (max 18°C on Thu afternoon, min 15°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
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  part cloud part cloud part cloud rain showers rain showers part cloud clear part cloud part cloud clear clear clear part cloud rain showers light rain part cloud rain showers clear
Summary some clouds some clouds some clouds rain shwrs rain shwrs some clouds clear some clouds some clouds clear clear clear some clouds rain shwrs light rain some clouds rain shwrs clear
Rain (mm) - - - 1 7 - - - - - - - - 1 2 - 1 -
High °C 19 18 19 19 18 17 18 16 17 17 16 18 18 18 17 18 17 17
Low °C 18 17 17 18 17 17 17 16 16 17 15 17 18 17 17 17 16 16
Chill °C (?) 19 18 19 19 17 16 17 16 17 16 16 18 18 18 16 18 17 16
Sunrise - - 5:01 - - 5:01 - - 5:01 - - 5:01 - - 5:01 - - 5:01
Sunset 20:05 - - 20:05 - - 20:06 - - 20:06 - - 20:07 - - 20:07 - -
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