Terceira - Santa Catarina Wind Stats

The graph shows how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical May. The largest 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 showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3422 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Terceira - Santa Catarina, located 23 km away (14 miles). There are insufficient 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 Terceira - Santa Catarina blows from the N. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Terceira - Santa Catarina. 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. Over an average May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 5% of the time (2 days each May) and blows offshore 20% of the time (4 days in an average May). During a typical May wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Terceira - Santa Catarina

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