Lagoinha do Leste Wind Stats

The graph describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical July. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with deep blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3720 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Lagoinha do Leste, located 54 km away (34 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 Lagoinha do Leste blows from the SE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Lagoinha do Leste. Converseley, 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. Over an average July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 7% of the time (2 days each July) and blows offshore 23% of the time (7 days in an average July). During a typical July wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Lagoinha do Leste

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