Faro de Trafalgar Wind Stats

This image illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. 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 2865 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Faro de Trafalgar, located 21 km away (13 miles). There are not enough recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Invevitably some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the most common wind at Faro de Trafalgar blows from the W. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Faro de Trafalgar. By contrast, 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 November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 8% of the time (2 days each November) and blows offshore 17% of the time (4 days in an average November). During a typical November wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Faro de Trafalgar

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