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Wind in Elefsína

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 4:19 am (EET)
Now · from the west-northwest 5 mph
Gusts
9 mph
Beaufort scale
2 · light breeze
Today's peak
12 mph at 1:00 pm
In knots
4 kn
Cross-offshore

Today the wind in Elefsína is a light breeze from the west-northwest: 2 mph to 12 mph, peaking at 1:00 pm with gusts of 26 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

Elefsis (LGEL), 1.7 mi away · 29 min ago

Wind14 mph from the northwest
Gusts—
Visibility6.2 mi or more
WeatherRain

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 2–12 mph · gusts 26 NNW · Beaufort 4
  • Fri 30 1–3 mph · gusts 8 NNW · Beaufort 1
  • Sat 31 0–3 mph · gusts 5 NW · Beaufort 1
  • Sun 1 1–5 mph · gusts 13 E · Beaufort 2
  • Mon 2 1–9 mph · gusts 26 SSE · Beaufort 3
  • Tue 3 4–14 mph · gusts 20 SSW · Beaufort 4
  • Wed 4 3–7 mph · gusts 16 NNW · 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) 3368121132
Gusts 671218252464
Direction WNWWNWNNWNNWNNWNWNW
Beaufort 11233311
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) 22212113
Gusts 24435444
Direction NWNNWNNWWNWSSWENENNENNW
Beaufort 11111001
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) 22222211
Gusts 43435522
Direction NNWNNNWNWSSWSSN
Beaufort 11111111
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) 22213433
Gusts 332381385
Direction NNWWNWNNWNNESESEEENE
Beaufort 11101211
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 13275105117249381320716
AIFS 9433766
GFS 151981169799117866
ICON 1426494751510231020511
ARPEGE 14264749712———
ICON-EU 13262825513926——
Confidence highhighhighhighhighmediumhigh

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: cross-offshore. Calmer water near the shore, and bait and boats drift out to sea.

On Tuesday 3, from the south-southwest: onshore.

The coast here faces south. 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 · week peak 13–18 Frequent whitecaps
5 Fresh breeze 19–24 Moderate waves, many whitecaps
6 Strong breeze 25–31 Large waves, foam crests

Questions about the wind in ElefsínaQuestions

What's the wind like today in Elefsína?

Light breeze from the west-northwest: 5 mph now, peaking at 12 mph at 1:00 pm with gusts of 26 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Tuesday 3: up to 14 mph from the south-southwest, with gusts of 20 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is light breeze and waves are 0.7 ft. No strong gusts expected this week. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Cross-offshore: the coast faces south.

More about Elefsína today

Wind near Elefsína

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, 20 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 4:19 am (local time).

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