Praia da Vagueira Wind Stats

The rose diagram shows 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 indicates the strength, with the darkest shade of blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3347 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Praia da Vagueira, located 20 km away (12 miles). There are not enough 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 prevailing wind at Praia da Vagueira 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 da Vagueira. Converseley, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more deep 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 15% of the time (4 days each November) and blows offshore 37% of the time (11 days in an average November). During a typical November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Praia da Vagueira

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