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Wind in Monticello

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 2:37 am (CET)
Now · from the west 3 mph
Gusts
5 mph
Beaufort scale
1 · light air
Today's peak
7 mph at 2:00 pm
In knots
3 kn
Cross-onshore

Today the wind in Monticello is a light air from the west: 0 mph to 7 mph, peaking at 2:00 pm with gusts of 14 mph. The windiest day of the week is Saturday 31: up to 15 mph from the east-northeast, with gusts of 25 mph.

Measured now at the airport

Calvi/St Catherine (LFKC), 10 mi away · 37 min ago

Wind7 mph from the south-southwest
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 0–7 mph · gusts 14 WNW · Beaufort 2
  • Fri 30 4–12 mph · gusts 23 ENE · Beaufort 3
  • Sat 31 5–15 mph · gusts 25 ENE · Beaufort 4
  • Sun 1 6–15 mph · gusts 27 E · Beaufort 4
  • Mon 2 2–11 mph · gusts 20 E · Beaufort 3
  • Tue 3 2–6 mph · gusts 24 ESE · Beaufort 2
  • Wed 4 3–6 mph · gusts 21 SE · 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) 34202512
Gusts 463121433
Direction WSWWWNWWNWWNWNNNE
Beaufort 12101211
Model AROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROME
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 5456101274
Gusts 86111320221710
Direction NNENNEEEENEENEEENE
Beaufort 22223322
Model AROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROME
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 578111515107
Gusts 912131825251911
Direction NEEEEENENEENEESE
Beaufort 22334432
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) 76712151599
Gusts 119112024271715
Direction EEEEEEEESE
Beaufort 22234433
Model ICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EU

Do the models agree on the wind?

Medium confidence

They roughly agree; there's more spread in the wind tomorrow.

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 618620721721819624621
AIFS 3668945
GFS 861491681377513101613
ICON 613112391811231020715917
ARPEGE 615122213231527———
AROME 7141223—————
ICON-EU 7131728152515271120——
Confidence highmediummediummediumhighmediummedium

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

On Saturday 31, from the east-northeast: cross-shore.

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

How to read the Beaufort scale

ForceNamemphAt sea
0 Calm 0–1 Sea like a mirror
1 Light air · today 1–3 Ripples, no foam
2 Light breeze 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

Questions about the wind in MonticelloQuestions

What's the wind like today in Monticello?

Light air from the west: 3 mph now, peaking at 7 mph at 2:00 pm with gusts of 14 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Saturday 31: up to 15 mph from the east-northeast, with gusts of 25 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is light air and waves are 1.5 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 Monticello today

Wind near Monticello

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, 9.5 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 2:37 am (local time).

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