Micro climate

To start with; all the north east of Brazil is known for its superb weather and sea breeze.

Why is it then that our Project has even better weather when compared to all others in the same region or in
Natal (‘City of Sun’, only 84 km more to the south)?

First of all we are most north-east ( and being more north-east means better weather.

The original ‘Mata Atlantica’ (tropical forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the north to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south) extends north only until Natal.

Our vegetation, although always green, is not a real forest vegetation anymore and differs from that of Natal and even slightly of that of Touros (just 6 km south-east).

Young Brazilians learn at school that this is the "Corner of Brazil" or even "the place where the winds turns".

Locals will tell you that the (local) sea breeze keeps or pushes (eventual) clouds away (inland and west).

While in fact, the rather local turning of the winds and a slight local increase in wind speed evaporates the clouds far before our beach (the Praia do Calcanhar) (and possibly condensate them again after it).

You can check this with the responsibles working at the meteorological station (stationed in the lighthouse).

They make observations every day and send the data to a central station (data are used for the Brazilian weather forecasts).

On Sunday (between 14:00 and 17:00) you can visit the second highest active lighthouse of the world.
(62m high and the highest of South America)

Or just ask the owners or testimonies, they all amazed seeing that the rare clouds that treaten to approach evaporate or open way before their own eyes over and over.

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