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Wind in Préveza

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 5:20 am (EET)
Now · from the northeast 4 mph
Gusts
6 mph
Beaufort scale
2 · light breeze
Today's peak
5 mph at 3:00 pm
In knots
3 kn
Offshore

Today the wind in Préveza is a light breeze from the northeast: 0 mph to 5 mph, peaking at 3:00 pm with gusts of 8 mph. The windiest day of the week is Monday 2: up to 17 mph from the east-southeast, with gusts of 22 mph.

Measured now at the airport

Preveza/Aktion (LGPZ), 2.5 mi away · 30 min ago

Wind6 mph from the northeast
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 0–5 mph · gusts 8 NE · Beaufort 2
  • Fri 30 1–6 mph · gusts 11 ENE · Beaufort 2
  • Sat 31 1–4 mph · gusts 9 ENE · Beaufort 2
  • Sun 1 4–9 mph · gusts 19 ENE · Beaufort 3
  • Mon 2 2–17 mph · gusts 22 ESE · Beaufort 4
  • Tue 3 0–14 mph · gusts 22 S · Beaufort 4
  • Wed 4 0–7 mph · gusts 17 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) 44443542
Gusts 67676883
Direction NEENEENENEENEWWNWNE
Beaufort 22221221
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) 34554353
Gusts 478899115
Direction NENEENEENEENESNEENE
Beaufort 12222121
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) 43444413
Gusts 75577665
Direction NEENEENEENEENESSEESEENE
Beaufort 21122211
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) 56976457
Gusts 711161211101518
Direction NEENEENEENEENEENENEENE
Beaufort 22322222
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 411515717122517211422717
AIFS 546911127
GFS 66656561177121354
ICON 47513496151529132559
ARPEGE 9137149141522———
ICON-EU 58611499191322——
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 northeast: offshore. Calm shore and clean waves, but watch the drift out to sea.

On Monday 2, from the east-southeast: cross-offshore.

The coast here faces west. 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 PrévezaQuestions

What's the wind like today in Préveza?

Light breeze from the northeast: 4 mph now, peaking at 5 mph at 3:00 pm with gusts of 8 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Monday 2: up to 17 mph from the east-southeast, with gusts of 22 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is light breeze and waves are 2.1 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 west.

More about Préveza today

Wind near Préveza

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, 3.0 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 5:20 am (local time).

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