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Wind in Hörnum

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 1:31 am (CET)
Now · from the west-northwest 9 mph
Gusts
13 mph
Beaufort scale
3 · gentle breeze
Today's peak
10 mph at 2:00 am
In knots
8 kn
Onshore

Today the wind in Hörnum is a gentle breeze from the west-northwest: 3 mph to 10 mph, peaking at 2:00 am with gusts of 16 mph. The windiest day of the week is Monday 2: up to 16 mph from the north, with gusts of 29 mph.

Measured now at the airport

Westerland/Sylt (EDXW), 11 mi away · 41 min ago

Wind9 mph from the west-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 3–10 mph · gusts 16 W · Beaufort 3
  • Fri 30 1–5 mph · gusts 7 WNW · Beaufort 2
  • Sat 31 0–3 mph · gusts 4 N · Beaufort 1
  • Sun 1 2–11 mph · gusts 14 S · Beaufort 3
  • Mon 2 5–16 mph · gusts 29 N · Beaufort 4
  • Tue 3 1–10 mph · gusts 29 E · Beaufort 3
  • Wed 4 0–13 mph · gusts 18 NW · Beaufort 4

Every 3 hours

Today
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 99735434
Gusts 16141177655
Direction WWNWWNWWWSWWSWWSWSW
Beaufort 33212212
Model ICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EU
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 43111241
Gusts 76222365
Direction SWWNWNNEWSWWNWNNWN
Beaufort 21011121
Model ICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EU
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 11110213
Gusts 23222334
Direction SWNWENESEWSWNWNWNE
Beaufort 11010111
Model ICON-EUICON-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) 425677911
Gusts 6471010111313
Direction NEESESESSSSS
Beaufort 21222233
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 on Sunday 1.

What 6 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 11209138121434193010291318
AIFS 11531319169
GFS 15198888323827341519912
ICON 715573411151320101457
ARPEGE 152181012162228———
ICON-EU 1016573411141421——
Confidence highhighhighmediumhighhighmedium

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-northwest: onshore. More surf and backwash at the shore, and bait and boats drift toward land.

On Monday 2, from the north: cross-shore.

The coast here faces west. 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 HörnumQuestions

What's the wind like today in Hörnum?

Gentle breeze from the west-northwest: 9 mph now, peaking at 10 mph at 2:00 am with gusts of 16 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Monday 2: up to 16 mph from the north, with gusts of 29 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is gentle breeze and waves are 4.5 ft. No strong gusts expected this week. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Onshore: the coast faces west.

More about Hörnum today

Wind near Hörnum

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, 1.6 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 1:31 am (local time).

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