Praia Pequena Wind Stats

The rose diagram illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal October. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 3471 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Praia Pequena, located 20 km away (12 miles). There are insufficient 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 dominant wind at Praia Pequena blows from the WNW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Praia Pequena. By contrast, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 16% of the time (5 days each October) and blows offshore 35% of the time (11 days in an average October). Over an average October wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Praia Pequena

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