Figueira da Foz - Buarcos Wind Stats

The rose diagram illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal April. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with dark blue strongest. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Figueira da Foz - Buarcos, located 21 km away (13 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 Figueira da Foz - Buarcos blows from the W. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Figueira da Foz - Buarcos. Converseley, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 12% of the time (4 days each April) and blows offshore 32% of the time (10 days in an average April). Over an average April wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Figueira da Foz - Buarcos

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