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Wind in Gastown

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 3:20 am (PDT)
Now · from the east 7 mph
Gusts
16 mph
Beaufort scale
2 · light breeze
Today's peak
12 mph at 11:00 am
In knots
6 kn
Offshore

Today the wind in Gastown is a light breeze from the east: 4 mph to 12 mph, peaking at 11:00 am with gusts of 23 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

W Vancouver (CWWA), 5.6 mi away · 1 h 3 min ago

Wind5 mph from the east
Gusts—
Visibility—
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 4–12 mph · gusts 23 E · Beaufort 3
  • Fri 30 2–6 mph · gusts 10 ENE · Beaufort 2
  • Sat 31 1–7 mph · gusts 9 N · Beaufort 2
  • Sun 1 2–5 mph · gusts 6 ENE · Beaufort 2
  • Mon 2 2–5 mph · gusts 6 ENE · Beaufort 2
  • Tue 3 2–3 mph · gusts 5 N · Beaufort 1
  • Wed 4 1–3 mph · gusts 5 NNE · Beaufort 1

Every 3 hours

Today
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 477109769
Gusts 1117142317141522
Direction ESEEESEEEEENEE
Beaufort 22233223
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRR
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 65543445
Gusts 108775667
Direction NEEEEEWNENE
Beaufort 22221222
Model NBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 54432466
Gusts 76643579
Direction ENEENENENENWNWNWNNW
Beaufort 22211222
Model NBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM
Sun 1
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 44443324
Gusts 65554435
Direction NNNENENEESESWSSEENE
Beaufort 22221112
Model NBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM

Do the models agree on the wind?

High confidence

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

What 6 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 817364102132828210
AIFS 8544333
GFS 7156115744333234
ICON 81961449484831038
HRRR 1223818—————
NBM 14216107956563535
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: offshore. Calm shore and clean waves, but watch the drift out to sea.

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

How to read the Beaufort scale

ForceNamemphAt sea
1 Light air 1–3 Ripples, no foam
2 Light breeze · today 4–7 Small wavelets
3 Gentle breeze · week peak 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

Questions about the wind in GastownQuestions

What's the wind like today in Gastown?

Light breeze from the east: 7 mph now, peaking at 12 mph at 11:00 am with gusts of 23 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Thursday 29: up to 12 mph from the east, with gusts of 23 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is light breeze and waves are 0.7 ft. No strong gusts expected this week. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Offshore: the coast faces west.

More about Gastown today

Wind near Gastown

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, 6.7 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 3:20 am (local time).

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