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Wind in Pangnirtung

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 6:54 pm (EDT)
Now · from the northeast 5 mph
Gusts
11 mph
Beaufort scale
2 · light breeze
Today's peak
5 mph at 5:00 am
In knots
4 kn
Cross-onshore

Today the wind in Pangnirtung is a light breeze from the northeast: 4 mph to 5 mph, peaking at 5:00 am with gusts of 13 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

Pangnirtung (CYXP), 0.4 mi away · 54 min ago

Wind6 mph from the east-southeast
Gusts—
Visibility15 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 4–5 mph · gusts 13 NE · Beaufort 2
  • Thu 29 1–4 mph · gusts 10 NE · Beaufort 2
  • Fri 30 3–5 mph · gusts 10 NE · Beaufort 2
  • Sat 31 2–5 mph · gusts 15 NE · Beaufort 2
  • Sun 1 2–5 mph · gusts 23 NE · Beaufort 2
  • Mon 2 5–5 mph · gusts 17 NE · Beaufort 2
  • Tue 3 2–5 mph · gusts 14 NE · 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) 54545444
Gusts 1212131212101011
Direction NENNENENENENENENE
Beaufort 22222222
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF
Thu 29
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 44432123
Gusts 10101097568
Direction NENENENEENEENENENNE
Beaufort 22211111
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 44344345
Gusts 8878991010
Direction NENENENENENENENE
Beaufort 12122122
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 55442233
Gusts 1010101111111113
Direction NENENENEENEENEENE
Beaufort 22221111
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF

Do the models agree on the wind?

High confidence

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

What 4 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 513410510515523517514
AIFS 5346633
GFS 564566861310121066
ICON 61051681582013241017715
Confidence highhighhighhighmediummediumhigh

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 northeast: cross-onshore. A bit more surf at the shore and drift along the coast, toward land.

On Monday 2, from the northeast: cross-onshore.

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 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 PangnirtungQuestions

What's the wind like today in Pangnirtung?

Light breeze from the northeast: 5 mph now, peaking at 5 mph at 5:00 am with gusts of 13 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Monday 2: up to 5 mph from the northeast, with gusts of 17 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is light breeze and waves are 1.0 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 northwest.

More about Pangnirtung today

Wind near Pangnirtung

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, 13 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 6:54 pm (local time).

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