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Wind in Kuah

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 12:37 pm (GMT+8)
Now · from the west 10 mph
Gusts
15 mph
Beaufort scale
3 · gentle breeze
Today's peak
12 mph at 6:00 am
In knots
8 kn
Cross-shore

Today the wind in Kuah is a gentle breeze from the west: 5 mph to 12 mph, peaking at 6:00 am with gusts of 18 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

Langkawi (WMKL), 7.8 mi away · 39 min ago

Wind2 mph variable direction
Gusts—
Visibility3.1 mi
WeatherRain

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 5–12 mph · gusts 18 WSW · Beaufort 3
  • Fri 30 1–8 mph · gusts 13 E · Beaufort 3
  • Sat 31 1–10 mph · gusts 17 E · Beaufort 3
  • Sun 1 2–7 mph · gusts 12 NE · Beaufort 2
  • Mon 2 2–5 mph · gusts 12 NNE · Beaufort 2
  • Tue 3 1–5 mph · gusts 11 ENE · Beaufort 2
  • Wed 4 2–6 mph · gusts 11 ESE · 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) 88121091187
Gusts 1114171614151311
Direction SSWWSWWSWWSWWWSWWSW
Beaufort 33333332
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 53145267
Gusts 966799913
Direction WSWSWSENESESSENNENE
Beaufort 21122122
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 44499532
Gusts 109814151065
Direction NENEEEESESWSWNE
Beaufort 22233211
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF
Sun 1
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 44544437
Gusts 798879812
Direction NENENENESSESSWNNE
Beaufort 22212212
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 12188131017712412511611
AIFS 9466766
GFS 2027776757444658
ICON 10196144105124949612
Confidence mediumhighhighhighhighhighhigh

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

The coast here faces south. 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 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 KuahQuestions

What's the wind like today in Kuah?

Gentle breeze from the west: 10 mph now, peaking at 12 mph at 6:00 am with gusts of 18 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Thursday 29: up to 12 mph from the west-southwest, with gusts of 18 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is gentle breeze and waves are 1.6 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 south.

More about Kuah today

Wind near Kuah

Only places with a different forecast: spots a few miles apart share the same model cell and wouldn't add anything.

Learn more

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 12:37 pm (local time).

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