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Wind in Laboe

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 12:26 am (CET)
Now · from the southwest 10 mph
Gusts
17 mph
Beaufort scale
3 · gentle breeze
Today's peak
10 mph at 12:00 am
In knots
9 kn
Offshore

Today the wind in Laboe is a gentle breeze from the southwest: 2 mph to 10 mph, peaking at 12:00 am with gusts of 17 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

Kiel/Holtenau (EDHK), 3.8 mi away · 36 min ago

Wind7 mph from the 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 2–10 mph · gusts 17 WSW · Beaufort 3
  • Fri 30 2–6 mph · gusts 10 W · Beaufort 2
  • Sat 31 2–7 mph · gusts 12 N · Beaufort 2
  • Sun 1 0–7 mph · gusts 11 S · Beaufort 2
  • Mon 2 4–12 mph · gusts 21 S · Beaufort 3
  • Tue 3 1–9 mph · gusts 13 N · Beaufort 3
  • Wed 4 3–7 mph · gusts 13 W · 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) 108545523
Gusts 1715979945
Direction SWWSWWSWWSWWWNWWSWWSW
Beaufort 33222211
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) 23355523
Gusts 46588945
Direction WWSWSWWSWWNWWWNW
Beaufort 11122211
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) 55556644
Gusts 7999111186
Direction NWNWNNWNNENNNNENE
Beaufort 22222221
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) 11455445
Gusts 32999869
Direction NNEWSSESSESSSWSSWSSW
Beaufort 11222222
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 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 12226145136211327913713
AIFS 1065613115
GFS 112468691728213214221117
ICON 1118611611612915815611
ARPEGE 1319111512171117———
ICON-EU 1017610712611814——
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 southwest: offshore. Calm shore and clean waves, but watch the drift out to sea.

On Monday 2, from the south: offshore.

The coast here faces north. 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 LaboeQuestions

What's the wind like today in Laboe?

Gentle breeze from the southwest: 10 mph now, peaking at 10 mph at 12:00 am with gusts of 17 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Monday 2: up to 12 mph from the south, with gusts of 21 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is gentle breeze and waves are 0.9 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 north.

More about Laboe today

Wind near Laboe

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, 6.8 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 12:26 am (local time).

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