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Wind in Seafair

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 4:44 pm (PDT)
Now · from the east-southeast 6 mph
Gusts
9 mph
Beaufort scale
2 · light breeze
Today's peak
9 mph at 7:00 pm
In knots
5 kn
Offshore

Today the wind in Seafair is a light breeze from the east-southeast: 1 mph to 9 mph, peaking at 7:00 pm with gusts of 18 mph. The windiest day of the week is Thursday 29: up to 14 mph from the east, with gusts of 24 mph.

Measured now at the airport

Vancouver (CYVR), 2.4 mi away · 36 min ago

Wind9 mph from the east
Gusts—
Visibility30 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, Wed 28 1–9 mph · gusts 18 E · Beaufort 3
  • Thu 29 5–14 mph · gusts 24 E · Beaufort 4
  • Fri 30 5–8 mph · gusts 11 NE · Beaufort 3
  • Sat 31 4–9 mph · gusts 11 N · Beaufort 3
  • Sun 1 3–7 mph · gusts 9 ENE · Beaufort 2
  • Mon 2 4–7 mph · gusts 10 NE · Beaufort 2
  • Tue 3 3–7 mph · gusts 8 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) 52332576
Gusts 1398446159
Direction SEWSWENEEESEEEWNW
Beaufort 21111222
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRR
Thu 29
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 58910131088
Gusts 1319212217131111
Direction ENEEEEEEENEENE
Beaufort 23334333
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRNBMNBMNBMNBM
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 86665666
Gusts 1110987778
Direction ENEENEENENENNENNEENEENE
Beaufort 32222222
Model NBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 66545799
Gusts 9986681011
Direction ENEENEENEENENENNWNWNW
Beaufort 22222233
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 815715384113132838
AIFS 6854344
GFS 10159129477565364
ICON 61392161461351049714
HRRR 9181124—————
NBM 111616228119117971078
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: offshore. Calm shore and clean waves, but watch the drift out to sea.

On Thursday 29, from the east: offshore.

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 8–12 Scattered whitecaps
4 Moderate breeze · week peak 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 SeafairQuestions

What's the wind like today in Seafair?

Light breeze from the east-southeast: 6 mph now, peaking at 9 mph at 7:00 pm with gusts of 18 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Thursday 29: up to 14 mph from the east, with gusts of 24 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is light breeze and waves are 0.1 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 Seafair today

Wind near Seafair

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, 7.5 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 4:44 pm (local time).

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