Praia do Guriri Wind Stats

The figure illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical September. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the darkest shade of blue strongest. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Praia do Guriri, located 33 km away (21 miles). There are not enough 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 dominant wind at Praia do Guriri blows from the ESE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Praia do Guriri. Converseley, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average September, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 3% of the time (1 days each September) and blows offshore just 3% of the time (1 days in an average September). During a typical September wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Praia do Guriri

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