Terceira - Sao Mateus da Calherta Wind Stats

This image illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical May. The biggest 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 3422 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Terceira - Sao Mateus da Calherta, located 26 km away (16 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 most common wind at Terceira - Sao Mateus da Calherta blows from the SSW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Terceira - Sao Mateus da Calherta. Converseley, 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 May, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 1.0% of the time (0 days each May) and blows offshore just 3% of the time (0 days in an average May). During a typical May wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Terceira - Sao Mateus da Calherta

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