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Wind in Gatteville-le-Phare

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 4:23 am (CET)
Now · from the south-southwest 5 mph
Gusts
7 mph
Beaufort scale
2 · light breeze
Today's peak
19 mph at 8:00 pm
In knots
4 kn
Offshore Gusts up to 44 mph on Tuesday 3

Today the wind in Gatteville-le-Phare is a light breeze from the south-southwest: 3 mph to 19 mph, peaking at 8:00 pm with gusts of 25 mph. The windiest day of the week is Tuesday 3: up to 28 mph from the northeast, with gusts of 44 mph.

Measured now at the airport

Cherbourg/Manche (LFRC), 8.7 mi away · 24 min ago

Wind6 mph from the south
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 3–19 mph · gusts 25 SE · Beaufort 5
  • Fri 30 13–22 mph · gusts 29 ESE · Beaufort 5
  • Sat 31 6–20 mph · gusts 28 E · Beaufort 5
  • Sun 1 6–10 mph · gusts 17 ENE · Beaufort 3
  • Mon 2 7–22 mph · gusts 34 NE · Beaufort 5
  • Tue 3 20–28 mph · gusts 44 NE · Beaufort 6
  • Wed 4 19–23 mph · gusts 41 ENE · Beaufort 5

Every 3 hours

Today
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 66637131618
Gusts 1099911172225
Direction SSWSSWSSWSSEESEESEESE
Beaufort 22212445
Model AROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROME
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 1916151717131722
Gusts 2523202323192128
Direction SESEESEESEESEEEE
Beaufort 54444445
Model AROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROME
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 201561012121111
Gusts 2822111621191918
Direction ESEESEEEEEENEENE
Beaufort 54234333
Model AROMEAROMEICON-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) 998910978
Gusts 1515141617151213
Direction ENEENEENEENEENEENENENE
Beaufort 33333323
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 today.

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 1824202718251726233728442341
AIFS 16171617252625
GFS 1219142113191724212720262128
ICON 916122112211118193422402238
ARPEGE 1623162215211725———
AROME 19252229—————
ICON-EU 10171220122110171628——
Confidence mediummediumhighhighhighmediumhigh

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 south-southwest: offshore. Calm shore and clean waves, but watch the drift out to sea.

On Tuesday 3, from the northeast: onshore.

The coast here faces northeast. 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 · week peak 25–31 Large waves, foam crests
7 Near gale 32–38 Heaped sea, streaks of foam

Questions about the wind in Gatteville-le-PhareQuestions

What's the wind like today in Gatteville-le-Phare?

Light breeze from the south-southwest: 5 mph now, peaking at 19 mph at 8:00 pm with gusts of 25 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Tuesday 3: up to 28 mph from the northeast, with gusts of 44 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is light breeze and waves are 0.5 ft. On Tuesday 3, with gusts of 44 mph, take extra care. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Offshore: the coast faces northeast.

More about Gatteville-le-Phare today

Wind near Gatteville-le-Phare

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). 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 4:23 am (local time).

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