Praia do Guincho Wind Stats

The graph illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical October. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 2976 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Praia do Guincho, located 27 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 Praia do Guincho 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 do Guincho. On the other hand, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 15% of the time (5 days each October) and blows offshore 31% of the time (10 days in an average October). In a typical October wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Praia do Guincho

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