HOURLY DIRECTION OF THE PREDOMINANT AND GUST WIND IN LOCATIONS OF CAMPOS GERAIS OF PARANÁ AND SURROUNDINGS

To check whether relationship between the directions of prevailing wind and gusts with the time of day and/or months of the year, in seven localities of Paraná State, it was analyzed hourly data recorded by weather stations at each location. Data were then grouped in two night periods and two day periods. Each period correspond to 6 hours. Thus, it was observed that Cândido de Abreu, Fernandes Pinheiro and Jaguariaíva tended to change in wind direction related to the period of the day, specifically in the afternoon. In other wway the places of Lapa, Ponta Grossa, Telêmaco Borba and União da Vitória showed variation of wind direction related to the months of the year, in greater proportion