Figueira da Foz - Buarcos Wind Stats

This chart illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal January. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 3364 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Figueira da Foz - Buarcos, located 21 km away (13 miles). There are too few 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 most common wind at Figueira da Foz - Buarcos 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 Figueira da Foz - Buarcos. By contrast, 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 January, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 16% of the time (5 days each January) and blows offshore 42% of the time (13 days in an average January). Over an average January winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Figueira da Foz - Buarcos

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