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Wind in Castle Hill

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 9:00 pm (GMT+10)
Now · from the east-northeast 9 mph
Gusts
16 mph
Beaufort scale
3 · gentle breeze
Today's peak
9 mph at 10:00 pm
In knots
8 kn
Onshore

Today the wind in Castle Hill is a gentle breeze from the east-northeast: 4 mph to 9 mph, peaking at 10:00 pm with gusts of 18 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

Townsville (YBTL), 2.4 mi away · 30 min ago

Wind9 mph from the northeast
Gusts—
Visibility6.2 mi or more
WeatherNothing to note

It's what the airport's weather station measured, not a forecast: on the coast, wind and fog can be different. Airports report every 30 or 60 minutes.

Airport METAR report, via NOAA's Aviation Weather Center (aviationweather.gov). Sources and licenses

Wind for the next 7 days, hour by hour

Arrows point where the wind blows to, every 12 hours. Each hour comes from the best model covering this spot: regional ones first (HRRR and NBM in the U.S., AROME, ICON-EU), then ECMWF and GFS.

  • Today, Thu 29 4–9 mph · gusts 18 NE · Beaufort 3
  • Fri 30 7–10 mph · gusts 22 ENE · Beaufort 3
  • Sat 31 3–9 mph · gusts 21 NE · Beaufort 3
  • Sun 1 5–11 mph · gusts 22 ENE · Beaufort 3
  • Mon 2 7–9 mph · gusts 20 NNE · Beaufort 3
  • Tue 3 6–11 mph · gusts 24 NNE · Beaufort 3
  • Wed 4 6–10 mph · gusts 24 N · Beaufort 3

Every 3 hours

Today
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 75557879
Gusts 14981418181516
Direction NNEENEENENENNENNENEENE
Beaufort 22222323
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 8781010998
Gusts 1513142021191916
Direction ENEENEENEENENENENENE
Beaufort 32233333
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 74468887
Gusts 131091419211713
Direction ENEENEENENNENEENEENE
Beaufort 22223332
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF
Sun 1
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 766610987
Gusts 1311111621211714
Direction EESESEENENENENENE
Beaufort 22223332
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF

Do the models agree on the wind?

High confidence

The models agree on the wind for the next few days.

What 4 forecast models say for the next few days. The closer they are, the more reliable the forecast.

Do the models agree on the wind?
Wind (mph) TodayFri 30Sat 31Sun 1Mon 2Tue 3Wed 4
ECMWF 9181122921112292011241024
AIFS 10999101211
GFS 1215141613161215131214161312
ICON 1223122411221122132614281326
Confidence highhighhighhighhighhighhigh

Each model's day runs midnight to midnight local time; models that reach fewer days are left blank. Rain: daily total. Wind: the day's highest average wind and, in small type, the strongest gust. Highlighted: values that stand out from the rest. The chance of rain comes from many runs of the same model with slightly different starting data.

Onshore or offshore wind?

Today, from the east-northeast: onshore. More surf and backwash at the shore, and bait and boats drift toward land.

On Sunday 1, from the east-northeast: onshore.

The coast here faces northeast. We work it out from the OpenStreetMap coastline.

How to read the Beaufort scale

ForceNamemphAt sea
2 Light breeze 4–7 Small wavelets
3 Gentle breeze · today 8–12 Scattered whitecaps
4 Moderate breeze 13–18 Frequent whitecaps
5 Fresh breeze 19–24 Moderate waves, many whitecaps
6 Strong breeze 25–31 Large waves, foam crests
7 Near gale 32–38 Heaped sea, streaks of foam

Questions about the wind in Castle HillQuestions

What's the wind like today in Castle Hill?

Gentle breeze from the east-northeast: 9 mph now, peaking at 9 mph at 10:00 pm with gusts of 18 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Sunday 1: up to 11 mph from the east-northeast, with gusts of 22 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is gentle breeze and waves are 1.0 ft. No strong gusts expected this week. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Onshore: the coast faces northeast.

More about Castle Hill today

Wind near Castle Hill

Only places with a different forecast: spots a few miles apart share the same model cell and wouldn't add anything.

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Wind: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0, with the best model for each spot and lead time (NOAA HRRR and NBM in the U.S., Météo-France AROME, DWD ICON-EU, ECMWF IFS and NOAA GFS; the table shows each hour's model); offshore, ECMWF and GFS at the nearest sea grid point, 13 mi away. Coast orientation: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Forecast from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0) with models from ECMWF, NOAA, Météo-France, DWD, Copernicus Marine and CAMS. Updated at 9:00 pm (local time).

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