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Wind in Shaughnessy

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 3:56 pm (PDT)
Now · from the east-southeast 6 mph
Gusts
8 mph
Beaufort scale
2 · light breeze
Today's peak
8 mph at 1:00 am
In knots
5 kn
Cross-offshore

Today the wind in Shaughnessy is a light breeze from the east-southeast: 3 mph to 8 mph, peaking at 1:00 am with gusts of 18 mph. The windiest day of the week is Thursday 29: up to 12 mph from the east, with gusts of 23 mph.

Measured now at the airport

Vancouver (CYVR), 4.9 mi away · 56 min ago

Wind6 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 3–8 mph · gusts 18 ESE · Beaufort 3
  • Thu 29 5–12 mph · gusts 23 E · Beaufort 4
  • Fri 30 2–6 mph · gusts 9 NE · Beaufort 2
  • Sat 31 2–7 mph · gusts 10 NNE · Beaufort 2
  • Sun 1 2–6 mph · gusts 8 ENE · Beaufort 2
  • Mon 2 2–6 mph · gusts 8 NE · Beaufort 2
  • Tue 3 2–4 mph · gusts 6 NNE · 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) 76553485
Gusts 1398856167
Direction SEESEEEESEEESENW
Beaufort 22221232
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRR
Thu 29
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 5781010767
Gusts 111719211410910
Direction ESEEEEEEENEENE
Beaufort 22333222
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRNBMNBMNBMNBM
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 65433434
Gusts 98764557
Direction ENENENWNWSENEENE
Beaufort 22211212
Model NBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 54433566
Gusts 87644789
Direction ENEENENENENENNWNNWNNW
Beaufort 22211222
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 10158124447565374
ICON 6138196144941049410
HRRR 8181123—————
NBM 914132069710686846
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-offshore. Calmer water near the shore, and bait and boats drift out to sea.

On Thursday 29, from the east: cross-offshore.

The coast here faces northwest. 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 ShaughnessyQuestions

What's the wind like today in Shaughnessy?

Light breeze from the east-southeast: 6 mph now, peaking at 8 mph at 1:00 am with gusts of 18 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 0.2 ft. No strong gusts expected this week. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Cross-offshore: the coast faces northwest.

More about Shaughnessy today

Wind near Shaughnessy

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, 5.3 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 3:56 pm (local time).

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