Praia da Foz Cabo Espichel Sesimbra Wind Stats

The graph describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3347 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Praia da Foz Cabo Espichel Sesimbra, located 27 km away (17 miles). There are too few 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 Praia da Foz Cabo Espichel Sesimbra blows from the WNW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Praia da Foz Cabo Espichel Sesimbra. Converseley, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 9% of the time (3 days each November) and blows offshore 24% of the time (8 days in an average November). During a typical November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Praia da Foz Cabo Espichel Sesimbra

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