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Wind in Wendtorf

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 2:03 am (CET)
Now · from the southwest 10 mph
Gusts
19 mph
Beaufort scale
3 · gentle breeze
Today's peak
10 mph at 1:00 am
In knots
9 kn
Offshore

Today the wind in Wendtorf is a gentle breeze from the southwest: 2 mph to 10 mph, peaking at 1:00 am with gusts of 19 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

Kiel/Holtenau (EDHK), 6.4 mi away · 13 min ago

Wind9 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 19 WSW · Beaufort 3
  • Fri 30 2–6 mph · gusts 11 W · Beaufort 2
  • Sat 31 2–7 mph · gusts 13 N · Beaufort 2
  • Sun 1 0–7 mph · gusts 12 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) 109656633
Gusts 1718119121155
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) 34355523
Gusts 566891065
Direction WSWSWSWWSWWNWWWNW
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) 45556644
Gusts 89910111187
Direction NWNNWNNNENNNNENE
Beaufort 22222222
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 3381010979
Direction NESSSESSESSSWSS
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 965612116
GFS 13257868173023321319710
ICON 1118611611612915815611
ARPEGE 1421111510151013———
ICON-EU 1019611713612815——
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 WendtorfQuestions

What's the wind like today in Wendtorf?

Gentle breeze from the southwest: 10 mph now, peaking at 10 mph at 1:00 am with gusts of 19 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 Wendtorf today

Wind near Wendtorf

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, 6.3 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 2:03 am (local time).

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