Graciosa - Porto da Praia Wind Stats

The figure shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal April. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Graciosa - Porto da Praia, located 10 km away (6 miles). There are too few recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Without question some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the prevailing wind at Graciosa - Porto da Praia blows from the NNW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Graciosa - Porto da Praia. On the other hand, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 6% of the time (2 days each April) and blows offshore 27% of the time (8 days in an average April). Over an average April winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 3 days at Graciosa - Porto da Praia

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