Vila Praia de Ancora Wind Stats

The rose diagram shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical February. The biggest 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 strongest. It is based on 3120 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Vila Praia de Ancora, located 23 km away (14 miles). There are insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Without question some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the most common wind at Vila Praia de Ancora blows from the WNW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Vila Praia de Ancora. 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. Over an average February, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 16% of the time (4 days each February) and blows offshore 45% of the time (12 days in an average February). During a typical February winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Vila Praia de Ancora

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