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Wind in Stavros

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 11:38 am (EET)
Now · from the northwest 12 mph
Gusts
24 mph
Beaufort scale
3 · gentle breeze
Today's peak
13 mph at 12:00 pm
In knots
10 kn
Cross-onshore

Today the wind in Stavros is a gentle breeze from the northwest: 2 mph to 13 mph, peaking at 12:00 pm with gusts of 28 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

Souda Bay/Chania (LGSA), 4.4 mi away · 18 min ago

Wind12 mph from the west-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 2–13 mph · gusts 28 NW · Beaufort 4
  • Fri 30 2–3 mph · gusts 12 N · Beaufort 1
  • Sat 31 1–4 mph · gusts 9 ESE · Beaufort 2
  • Sun 1 0–4 mph · gusts 11 W · Beaufort 2
  • Mon 2 0–3 mph · gusts 13 W · Beaufort 1
  • Tue 3 1–16 mph · gusts 28 WSW · Beaufort 4
  • Wed 4 2–11 mph · gusts 21 WSW · Beaufort 3

Every 3 hours

Today
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 10978131272
Gusts 2724191726251812
Direction WNWWNWWWNNWNNWNNWNW
Beaufort 33234321
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) 33223333
Gusts 1210968866
Direction WWNWNWNNENEESESE
Beaufort 11111111
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) 23143342
Gusts 77799997
Direction SEESEESEESEENEEESEESE
Beaufort 11121121
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) 22120420
Gusts 54358892
Direction SSWWSWSWESESWNWWNWENE
Beaufort 11010210
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 6156961361282516281121
AIFS 1156461311
GFS 17147810985181818191917
ICON 15235841025610620515
ARPEGE 112051151148———
ICON-EU 132831249411313——
Confidence mediumhighhighhighhighmediumlow

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 northwest: cross-onshore. A bit more surf at the shore and drift along the coast, toward land.

On Tuesday 3, from the west-southwest: cross-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 · 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 StavrosQuestions

What's the wind like today in Stavros?

Gentle breeze from the northwest: 12 mph now, peaking at 13 mph at 12:00 pm with gusts of 28 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Tuesday 3: up to 16 mph from the west-southwest, with gusts of 28 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is gentle breeze and waves are 4.2 ft. No strong gusts expected this week. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Cross-onshore: the coast faces north.

More about Stavros today

Wind near Stavros

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, 11 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 11:38 am (local time).

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