Cantao da Praia Grande Wind Stats

This chart shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical June. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the strongest winds shown by the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 3506 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Cantao da Praia Grande, located 30 km away (19 miles). There are not enough 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 prevailing wind at Cantao da Praia Grande blows from the SE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Cantao da Praia Grande. Converseley, 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. Over an average June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 14% of the time (4 days each June) and blows offshore 31% of the time (9 days in an average June). During a typical June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Cantao da Praia Grande

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