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Wind in Gázi

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 6:37 am (EET)
Now · from the west-northwest 12 mph
Gusts
21 mph
Beaufort scale
3 · gentle breeze
Today's peak
16 mph at 1:00 pm
In knots
10 kn
Cross-shore

Today the wind in Gázi is a gentle breeze from the west-northwest: 4 mph to 16 mph, peaking at 1:00 pm with gusts of 29 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

Iraklion (LGIR), 6.0 mi away · 17 min ago

Wind15 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 4–16 mph · gusts 29 NW · Beaufort 4
  • Fri 30 0–8 mph · gusts 15 NNW · Beaufort 3
  • Sat 31 1–7 mph · gusts 12 S · Beaufort 2
  • Sun 1 1–10 mph · gusts 17 S · Beaufort 3
  • Mon 2 2–12 mph · gusts 21 S · Beaufort 3
  • Tue 3 3–8 mph · gusts 18 SSW · Beaufort 3
  • Wed 4 0–3 mph · gusts 13 WSW · Beaufort 1

Every 3 hours

Today
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 4111216151597
Gusts 919202827272013
Direction WSWWNWNWNWNWWNWNWNNW
Beaufort 23344432
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) 65238723
Gusts 111076151265
Direction NWNWNWNNNNESSW
Beaufort 22113211
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) 44416155
Gusts 6786121099
Direction SWSWSWESESESSESSSW
Beaufort 22212122
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) 76567168
Gusts 131311111591216
Direction SSSWSSWSSSSSES
Beaufort 22222123
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 today.

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 1330919412627937818313
AIFS 7425474
GFS 212111107687101315876
ICON 1223714716122112251120817
ARPEGE 14277157141326———
ICON-EU 162981571210171221——
Confidence mediumhighhighmediumhighmediumhigh

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-shore. Drift and current run parallel to the beach.

The coast here faces northeast. 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 GáziQuestions

What's the wind like today in Gázi?

Gentle breeze from the west-northwest: 12 mph now, peaking at 16 mph at 1:00 pm with gusts of 29 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Thursday 29: up to 16 mph from the northwest, with gusts of 29 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is gentle breeze and waves are 2.4 ft. No strong gusts expected this week. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Cross-shore: the coast faces northeast.

More about Gázi today

Wind near Gázi

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, 13 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 6:37 am (local time).

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