San Jorge - Punta da Caldeira Wind Stats

This image describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal November. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 3347 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to San Jorge - Punta da Caldeira, located 16 km away (10 miles). There are too few 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 prevailing wind at San Jorge - Punta da Caldeira blows from the NNW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at San Jorge - Punta da Caldeira. By contrast, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 7% of the time (2 days each November) and blows offshore 30% of the time (9 days in an average November). Over an average November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at San Jorge - Punta da Caldeira

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