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Wind in Mill Bay

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 6:02 am (PDT)
Now · from the east-southeast 5 mph
Gusts
13 mph
Beaufort scale
2 · light breeze
Today's peak
12 mph at 9:00 pm
In knots
5 kn
Cross-onshore

Today the wind in Mill Bay is a light breeze from the east-southeast: 1 mph to 12 mph, peaking at 9:00 pm with gusts of 24 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

Victoria (CYYJ), 5.4 mi away · 56 min ago

Wind8 mph from the southeast
Gusts—
Visibility20 mi
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 1–12 mph · gusts 24 ESE · Beaufort 3
  • Fri 30 0–7 mph · gusts 11 ENE · Beaufort 2
  • Sat 31 2–5 mph · gusts 7 N · Beaufort 2
  • Sun 1 1–4 mph · gusts 5 NNE · Beaufort 2
  • Mon 2 1–3 mph · gusts 4 NNE · Beaufort 1
  • Tue 3 1–3 mph · gusts 4 N · Beaufort 1
  • Wed 4 0–4 mph · gusts 5 N · Beaufort 2

Every 3 hours

Today
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 135878612
Gusts 96131514111224
Direction WSWWNWESESESEESEEESE
Beaufort 01232323
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRR
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 06667653
Gusts 7891011965
Direction SNEENEENEENEENENNE
Beaufort 02222221
Model HRRRNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 33445543
Gusts 55667654
Direction NNENENENNENNENNNWWNW
Beaufort 11222221
Model NBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM
Sun 1
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 22223421
Gusts 32344532
Direction WNWWNWWNNWENEESEWSW
Beaufort 11111210
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 1025717718619210411515
AIFS 7465226
GFS 6196134654364444
ICON 71691681461059610510
HRRR 1224913—————
NBM 12187115745343445
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-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
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 Mill BayQuestions

What's the wind like today in Mill Bay?

Light breeze from the east-southeast: 5 mph now, peaking at 12 mph at 9:00 pm with gusts of 24 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Thursday 29: up to 12 mph from the east-southeast, with gusts of 24 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is light breeze and waves are 0.9 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 Mill Bay today

Wind near Mill Bay

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, 15 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 6:02 am (local time).

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