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Wind in Kunisaki

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 8:02 pm (GMT+9)
Now · from the south-southwest 8 mph
Gusts
14 mph
Beaufort scale
3 · gentle breeze
Today's peak
16 mph at 3:00 pm
In knots
7 kn
Cross-offshore

Today the wind in Kunisaki is a gentle breeze from the south-southwest: 4 mph to 16 mph, peaking at 3:00 pm with gusts of 25 mph. The windiest day of the week is Monday 2: up to 18 mph from the west-southwest, with gusts of 24 mph.

Measured now at the airport

Oita (RJFO), 5.3 mi away · 1 h 2 min ago

Wind12 mph from the south
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 25 S · Beaufort 4
  • Fri 30 3–10 mph · gusts 17 W · Beaufort 3
  • Sat 31 7–17 mph · gusts 28 WNW · Beaufort 4
  • Sun 1 3–9 mph · gusts 13 S · Beaufort 3
  • Mon 2 3–18 mph · gusts 24 WSW · Beaufort 5
  • Tue 3 9–13 mph · gusts 23 NNW · Beaufort 4
  • Wed 4 6–13 mph · gusts 23 NE · Beaufort 4

Every 3 hours

Today
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 6455816137
Gusts 119111113242310
Direction NNWWSWSSSESESSW
Beaufort 22223442
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 7646431010
Gusts 101181211101417
Direction SSWWSWSSWSSWSWWNWNWWNW
Beaufort 22222133
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 9910121517138
Gusts 1414171824282213
Direction WWWNWWNWWNWWNWNWNW
Beaufort 33334443
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF
Sun 1
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 64545569
Gusts 1199810101013
Direction WNWWNWWNWNNWESEESES
Beaufort 22222223
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF

Do the models agree on the wind?

Medium confidence

They roughly agree; there's more spread in the wind today.

What 4 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 172511171728913192413231323
AIFS 913178171211
GFS 515102313246121634920918
ICON 81971913295131023720717
Confidence mediumhighhighhighmediumhighhigh

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

On Monday 2, from the west-southwest: cross-offshore.

The coast here faces east. 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 13–18 Frequent whitecaps
5 Fresh breeze · week peak 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 KunisakiQuestions

What's the wind like today in Kunisaki?

Gentle breeze from the south-southwest: 8 mph now, peaking at 16 mph at 3:00 pm with gusts of 25 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Monday 2: up to 18 mph from the west-southwest, with gusts of 24 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is gentle breeze and waves are 1.4 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 east.

More about Kunisaki today

Wind near Kunisaki

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). 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 8:02 pm (local time).

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