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Wind in Chóra

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 4:17 am (EET)
Now · from the north 6 mph
Gusts
15 mph
Beaufort scale
2 · light breeze
Today's peak
7 mph at 6:00 am
In knots
6 kn
Offshore Gusts up to 42 mph on Monday 2

Today the wind in Chóra is a light breeze from the north: 2 mph to 7 mph, peaking at 6:00 am with gusts of 18 mph. The windiest day of the week is Tuesday 3: up to 17 mph from the south, with gusts of 30 mph.

Measured now at the airport

Samos (LGSM), 1.0 mi away · 27 min ago

Wind5 mph from the north-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 2–7 mph · gusts 18 N · Beaufort 2
  • Fri 30 4–6 mph · gusts 14 N · Beaufort 2
  • Sat 31 1–6 mph · gusts 14 SW · Beaufort 2
  • Sun 1 3–11 mph · gusts 28 SSE · Beaufort 3
  • Mon 2 5–17 mph · gusts 42 SSE · Beaufort 4
  • Tue 3 7–17 mph · gusts 30 S · Beaufort 4
  • Wed 4 1–12 mph · gusts 21 SSW · 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) 24774667
Gusts 611181511131817
Direction NNWNNNNNNNWNNW
Beaufort 12222222
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) 55665555
Gusts 1212131411999
Direction NNWNNNNENENNENNWNNW
Beaufort 22222222
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) 55525631
Gusts 88861113812
Direction NWNWNWENESSESSESSSW
Beaufort 22212211
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) 355910997
Gusts 1417212728262423
Direction SSSESESESESSESSESSE
Beaufort 12233332
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 142111167111323132217301221
AIFS 111161091210
GFS 13131111861015202561067
ICON 823617626124114551449721
ARPEGE 11219165101428———
ICON-EU 71861461411281742——
Confidence highhighhighhighmediummediumhigh

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 north: offshore. Calm shore and clean waves, but watch the drift out to sea.

On Tuesday 3, from the south: 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 ChóraQuestions

What's the wind like today in Chóra?

Light breeze from the north: 6 mph now, peaking at 7 mph at 6:00 am with gusts of 18 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Tuesday 3: up to 17 mph from the south, with gusts of 30 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is light breeze and waves are 1.0 ft. On Monday 2, with gusts of 42 mph, take extra care. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Offshore: the coast faces south.

More about Chóra today

Wind near Chóra

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, 15 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 4:17 am (local time).

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