Itajuba Praia do Sol Wind Stats

The rose diagram illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal December. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3448 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Itajuba Praia do Sol, located 28 km away (17 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 Itajuba Praia do Sol blows from the ESE. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Itajuba Praia do Sol. On the other hand, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical December, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 22% of the time (7 days each December) and blows offshore 28% of the time (0 days in an average December). Over an average December winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 1 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Itajuba Praia do Sol

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