Playa de Rio Sieira / As Furnas Wind Stats

The figure illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. The largest 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 3347 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Playa de Rio Sieira / As Furnas, located 15 km away (9 miles). There are too few recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. No doubt some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the most common wind at Playa de Rio Sieira / As Furnas blows from the WNW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Playa de Rio Sieira / As Furnas. 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 (the lightest shade of blue) about 14% of the time (4 days each November) and blows offshore 34% of the time (10 days in an average November). In a typical November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Playa de Rio Sieira / As Furnas

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