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Wind in Royston

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 8:11 pm (PDT)
Now · from the southeast 6 mph
Gusts
13 mph
Beaufort scale
2 · light breeze
Today's peak
9 mph at 4:00 pm
In knots
5 kn
Cross-onshore

Today the wind in Royston is a light breeze from the southeast: 1 mph to 9 mph, peaking at 4:00 pm with gusts of 19 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

Comox (CYQQ), 5.0 mi away · 34 min ago

Wind14 mph from the east-southeast
Gusts—
Visibility20 mi
WeatherShowers

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, Wed 28 1–9 mph · gusts 19 S · Beaufort 3
  • Thu 29 2–7 mph · gusts 21 WNW · Beaufort 2
  • Fri 30 3–5 mph · gusts 10 NNW · Beaufort 2
  • Sat 31 1–4 mph · gusts 6 ESE · Beaufort 2
  • Sun 1 2–11 mph · gusts 14 SE · Beaufort 3
  • Mon 2 2–7 mph · gusts 12 SE · Beaufort 2
  • Tue 3 1–3 mph · gusts 5 S · 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) 63642455
Gusts 91074361214
Direction WSWNWSWSEESESES
Beaufort 21221222
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRR
Thu 29
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 74643755
Gusts 215769878
Direction SSEWNWWWSWSSENNNWNW
Beaufort 22221222
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRNBMNBMNBM
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 33455433
Gusts 78996446
Direction NNWWNWNWNWNNWNNEESSE
Beaufort 11222211
Model NBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 21234423
Gusts 54555436
Direction SSESESEESEENEENESEWSW
Beaufort 11112211
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) TodayThu 29Fri 30Sat 31Sun 1Mon 2Tue 3
ECMWF 12211019611410425723512
AIFS 8743699
GFS 121510146768793444
ICON 513819411612612716510
HRRR 9191221—————
NBM 81381451046111471235
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 southeast: cross-onshore. A bit more surf at the shore and drift along the coast, toward land.

On Sunday 1, from the southeast: cross-onshore.

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 RoystonQuestions

What's the wind like today in Royston?

Light breeze from the southeast: 6 mph now, peaking at 9 mph at 4:00 pm with gusts of 19 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Sunday 1: up to 11 mph from the southeast, with gusts of 14 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is light breeze and waves are 1.6 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 Royston today

Wind near Royston

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 8:11 pm (local time).

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