Praia do Pecem Wind Stats

This chart shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal June. 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 3506 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Praia do Pecem, located 35 km away (22 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 Praia do Pecem blows from the ENE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Praia do Pecem. On the other hand, dominant spokes represent 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 June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 0.3% of the time (0 days each June) and blows offshore just 9% of the time (3 days in an average June). Over an average June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Praia do Pecem

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