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Wind in Bénodet

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 8:59 am (CET)
Now · from the east 8 mph
Gusts
13 mph
Beaufort scale
3 · gentle breeze
Today's peak
11 mph at 2:00 pm
In knots
7 kn
Cross-onshore

Today the wind in Bénodet is a gentle breeze from the east: 5 mph to 11 mph, peaking at 2:00 pm with gusts of 20 mph. The windiest day of the week is Tuesday 3: up to 13 mph from the northeast, with gusts of 28 mph.

Measured now at the airport

Quimper/Pluguffan (LFRQ), 7.5 mi away · 37 min ago

Wind6 mph from the northeast
Gusts—
Visibility6.2 mi or more
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 5–11 mph · gusts 20 E · Beaufort 3
  • Fri 30 5–9 mph · gusts 15 ENE · Beaufort 3
  • Sat 31 3–9 mph · gusts 15 NE · Beaufort 3
  • Sun 1 5–8 mph · gusts 16 NE · Beaufort 3
  • Mon 2 5–12 mph · gusts 21 ENE · Beaufort 3
  • Tue 3 7–13 mph · gusts 28 NE · Beaufort 4
  • Wed 4 9–12 mph · gusts 25 ENE · Beaufort 3

Every 3 hours

Today
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 5568101066
Gusts 871113171999
Direction ENENEEEESESEENE
Beaufort 22233322
Model AROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROME
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 89665655
Gusts 12151110131199
Direction ENEEENEENEEENEENENE
Beaufort 33222222
Model AROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROME
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 66749635
Gusts 99108151278
Direction NENENENEENEENENENE
Beaufort 22223212
Model AROMEAROMEAROMEICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EU
Sun 1
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 65557787
Gusts 998813141313
Direction NENENNENENEENENENE
Beaufort 22222232
Model ICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EU

Do the models agree on the wind?

High confidence

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

What 7 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 10217138151017112313281225
AIFS 9679111312
GFS 1020918817927132713281430
ICON 11198151017917122211191425
ARPEGE 9179159131118———
AROME 1120915—————
ICON-EU 11207139158161221——
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: cross-onshore. A bit more surf at the shore and drift along the coast, toward land.

On Tuesday 3, from the northeast: cross-offshore.

The coast here faces south. We work it out from the OpenStreetMap coastline.

How to read the Beaufort scale

ForceNamemphAt sea
2 Light breeze 4–7 Small wavelets
3 Gentle breeze · today 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
7 Near gale 32–38 Heaped sea, streaks of foam

Questions about the wind in BénodetQuestions

What's the wind like today in Bénodet?

Gentle breeze from the east: 8 mph now, peaking at 11 mph at 2:00 pm with gusts of 20 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Tuesday 3: up to 13 mph from the northeast, with gusts of 28 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is gentle breeze and waves are 2.4 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 south.

More about Bénodet today

Wind near Bénodet

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, 10.0 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 8:59 am (local time).

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