Ribeira da Janela Wind Stats

This chart shows how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical July. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the strongest winds shown by the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 3720 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Ribeira da Janela, located 22 km away (14 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 dominant wind at Ribeira da Janela blows from the NNW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Ribeira da Janela. By contrast, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 6% of the time (2 days each July) and blows offshore 6% of the time (2 days in an average July). During a typical July winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 4 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Ribeira da Janela

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