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Wind in Marcoola

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 8:50 am (GMT+10)
Now · from the south-southeast 8 mph
Gusts
18 mph
Beaufort scale
3 · gentle breeze
Today's peak
10 mph at 1:00 pm
In knots
7 kn
Cross-onshore

Today the wind in Marcoola is a gentle breeze from the south-southeast: 4 mph to 10 mph, peaking at 1:00 pm with gusts of 25 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

Sunshine Coast (YBSU), 1.3 mi away · 20 min ago

Wind16 mph from the south
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 4–10 mph · gusts 25 SE · Beaufort 3
  • Fri 30 3–9 mph · gusts 22 ESE · Beaufort 3
  • Sat 31 2–7 mph · gusts 18 NE · Beaufort 2
  • Sun 1 4–10 mph · gusts 24 N · Beaufort 3
  • Mon 2 4–8 mph · gusts 25 NNW · Beaufort 3
  • Tue 3 4–10 mph · gusts 20 NNW · Beaufort 3
  • Wed 4 4–9 mph · gusts 23 NNW · 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) 454810965
Gusts 6891825241511
Direction WSWWSWSSSESEESEEE
Beaufort 22233322
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 33469854
Gusts 979182219108
Direction ESESSESESEEEEE
Beaufort 11223322
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 32257764
Gusts 645141818138
Direction EESEESEENEENENENENNW
Beaufort 11122222
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF
Sun 1
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 554591087
Gusts 99101522232221
Direction WNWWNWWNWNNWNNENENNENNW
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 102592271810248251020923
AIFS 107688910
GFS 1014786121125102210331137
ICON 9238216149218211128622
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 south-southeast: cross-onshore. A bit more surf at the shore and drift along the coast, toward land.

The coast here faces east. 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 MarcoolaQuestions

What's the wind like today in Marcoola?

Gentle breeze from the south-southeast: 8 mph now, peaking at 10 mph at 1:00 pm with gusts of 25 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Thursday 29: up to 10 mph from the southeast, with gusts of 25 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is gentle breeze and waves are 1.8 ft. No strong gusts expected this week. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Cross-onshore: the coast faces east.

More about Marcoola today

Wind near Marcoola

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, 11 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 8:50 am (local time).

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