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 we already know that 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. Sign that
humidity and rain is decreasing.
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 away).
Young Brazilians
learn at school that our location is the "Corner of Brazil"
or "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 the subsequent local increase
in wind speed temporarily evaporates the clouds before our location
and beach ( the Praia do Calcanhar ) ( and possibly condensate them
again after it passes over our location as the speed of the breeze decreases
again ).
You can check this
with the responsible officers 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.
