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Wind in Keitum

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 7:24 am (CET)
Now · from the west-northwest 4 mph
Gusts
7 mph
Beaufort scale
2 · light breeze
Today's peak
8 mph at 2:00 am
In knots
3 kn
Onshore

Today the wind in Keitum is a light breeze from the west-northwest: 1 mph to 8 mph, peaking at 2:00 am with gusts of 14 mph. The windiest day of the week is Monday 2: up to 19 mph from the north, with gusts of 29 mph.

Measured now at the airport

Westerland/Sylt (EDXW), 1.8 mi away · 34 min ago

Wind7 mph from the 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 14 W · Beaufort 3
  • Fri 30 1–5 mph · gusts 8 NW · Beaufort 2
  • Sat 31 0–6 mph · gusts 9 NW · Beaufort 2
  • Sun 1 1–6 mph · gusts 9 SSW · Beaufort 2
  • Mon 2 8–19 mph · gusts 29 N · Beaufort 5
  • Tue 3 1–19 mph · gusts 29 NE · Beaufort 5
  • 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) 76625522
Gusts 14121068852
Direction WWNWWNWWSWWSWWWSW
Beaufort 22212211
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) 12234531
Gusts 23346763
Direction NNWNNWWSWWNWWSWNNWNNENNE
Beaufort 11112211
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) 21012435
Gusts 32123659
Direction NNWENESSEWWSWWNWNNE
Beaufort 10011212
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) 23236421
Gusts 45359852
Direction NNWNNEENESSESSWSSWSSWSSW
Beaufort 11112211
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 1120915713934183015291318
AIFS 11531317136
GFS 1418109783039303416171115
ICON 613464758152616251016
ARPEGE 152081058911———
ICON-EU 8145869691929——
Confidence highhighhighmediumhighhighhigh

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
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 · week peak 19–24 Moderate waves, many whitecaps
6 Strong breeze 25–31 Large waves, foam crests

Questions about the wind in KeitumQuestions

What's the wind like today in Keitum?

Light breeze from the west-northwest: 4 mph now, peaking at 8 mph at 2:00 am with gusts of 14 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Monday 2: up to 19 mph from the north, with gusts of 29 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is light breeze and waves are 3.4 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 Keitum today

Wind near Keitum

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, 8.8 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 7:24 am (local time).

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