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Wind in Pont-l'Abbé

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 2:34 am (CET)
Now · from the northeast 4 mph
Gusts
5 mph
Beaufort scale
2 · light breeze
Today's peak
13 mph at 2:00 pm
In knots
3 kn
Cross-shore

Today the wind in Pont-l'Abbé is a light breeze from the northeast: 4 mph to 13 mph, peaking at 2:00 pm with gusts of 21 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

Quimper/Pluguffan (LFRQ), 7.9 mi away · 34 min ago

Wind5 mph from the east-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 4–13 mph · gusts 21 E · Beaufort 4
  • Fri 30 4–10 mph · gusts 16 E · Beaufort 3
  • Sat 31 3–7 mph · gusts 13 ENE · Beaufort 2
  • Sun 1 4–9 mph · gusts 16 NE · Beaufort 3
  • Mon 2 5–10 mph · gusts 20 NE · Beaufort 3
  • Tue 3 6–11 mph · gusts 26 NE · Beaufort 3
  • Wed 4 8–11 mph · gusts 23 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) 44810131285
Gusts 5514162121137
Direction NENEEEESEESEEENE
Beaufort 22334332
Model AROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROME
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 710858556
Gusts 101514111410108
Direction ENEEEENEESEEENEENE
Beaufort 23323222
Model AROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROME
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 56647435
Gusts 610126121059
Direction NEENEENENNEENEENENENE
Beaufort 22212212
Model AROMEICON-EUICON-EUICON-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) 74457977
Gusts 1397813161414
Direction NENENNENNENENENENE
Beaufort 22222322
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 11217138141017122111261123
AIFS 1191012131414
GFS 121911189141128163214271629
ICON 1220712813916112015241526
ARPEGE 10179149131321———
AROME 13211016—————
ICON-EU 11206127139161120——
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 northeast: cross-shore. Drift and current run parallel to the beach.

The coast here faces southeast. 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 Pont-l'AbbéQuestions

What's the wind like today in Pont-l'Abbé?

Light breeze from the northeast: 4 mph now, peaking at 13 mph at 2:00 pm with gusts of 21 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Thursday 29: up to 13 mph from the east, with gusts of 21 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is light breeze and waves are 6.4 ft. No strong gusts expected this week. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Cross-shore: the coast faces southeast.

More about Pont-l'Abbé today

Wind near Pont-l'Abbé

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, 8.2 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 2:34 am (local time).

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