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Wind in Saint-Laurent-du-Var

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 6:04 am (CET)
Now · from the north-northwest 8 mph
Gusts
11 mph
Beaufort scale
3 · gentle breeze
Today's peak
8 mph at 11:00 pm
In knots
7 kn
Offshore

Today the wind in Saint-Laurent-du-Var is a gentle breeze from the north-northwest: 1 mph to 8 mph, peaking at 11:00 pm with gusts of 11 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

Nice/Côte d'Azur (LFMN), 1.7 mi away · 34 min ago

Wind9 mph from the north-northwest
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 1–8 mph · gusts 11 N · Beaufort 3
  • Fri 30 1–11 mph · gusts 15 N · Beaufort 3
  • Sat 31 1–11 mph · gusts 14 NNW · Beaufort 3
  • Sun 1 2–5 mph · gusts 10 NW · Beaufort 2
  • Mon 2 1–7 mph · gusts 14 NNW · Beaufort 2
  • Tue 3 2–11 mph · gusts 15 NE · Beaufort 3
  • Wed 4 1–8 mph · gusts 16 NNW · 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) 65884118
Gusts 78111174310
Direction NNWNNWNNWNESNEN
Beaufort 22332113
Model AROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROME
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 9119931149
Gusts 111314135151012
Direction NNNNWESESENNW
Beaufort 33331313
Model AROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROME
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 911544625
Gusts 131310991439
Direction NNNNWNSSSENWNNW
Beaufort 33222212
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) 55533453
Gusts 109965586
Direction NNWNNNNWWWNWNW
Beaufort 22211221
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 6146148159209151115816
AIFS 4548648
GFS 6681089785510101115
ICON 596107127117121120922
ARPEGE 812915815815———
AROME 8111115—————
ICON-EU 5959714510611——
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 north-northwest: offshore. Calm shore and clean waves, but watch the drift out to sea.

On Friday 30, from the north: cross-offshore.

The coast here faces southeast. 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 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 Saint-Laurent-du-VarQuestions

What's the wind like today in Saint-Laurent-du-Var?

Gentle breeze from the north-northwest: 8 mph now, peaking at 8 mph at 11:00 pm with gusts of 11 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Friday 30: up to 11 mph from the north, with gusts of 15 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is gentle breeze and waves are 0.5 ft. No strong gusts expected this week. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Offshore: the coast faces southeast.

More about Saint-Laurent-du-Var today

Wind near Saint-Laurent-du-Var

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, 12 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 6:04 am (local time).

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