Terceira - Ponta do Queimado Wind Stats

The rose diagram illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical October. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with dark blue strongest. It is based on 3471 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Terceira - Ponta do Queimado, located 27 km away (17 miles). There are not enough 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 Terceira - Ponta do Queimado blows from the NNW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Terceira - Ponta do Queimado. By contrast, dominant spokes show 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 4% of the time (1 days each October) and blows offshore just 18% of the time (6 days in an average October). During a typical October winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 4 days at Terceira - Ponta do Queimado

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