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Wind in Lillesand

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 4:51 am (CET)
Now · from the west 7 mph
Gusts
13 mph
Beaufort scale
2 · light breeze
Today's peak
11 mph at 12:00 pm
In knots
6 kn
Cross-offshore

Today the wind in Lillesand is a light breeze from the west: 5 mph to 11 mph, peaking at 12:00 pm with gusts of 20 mph. The windiest day of the week is Monday 2: up to 14 mph from the north-northeast, with gusts of 26 mph.

Measured now at the airport

Kristiansand (ENCN), 11 mi away · 31 min ago

Fog at the airport: low visibility on the coast and at sea.

WindCalm
Gusts—
Visibility0.6 mi
WeatherFog

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 5–11 mph · gusts 20 W · Beaufort 3
  • Fri 30 0–6 mph · gusts 12 WNW · Beaufort 2
  • Sat 31 1–5 mph · gusts 9 NNW · Beaufort 2
  • Sun 1 1–5 mph · gusts 10 WNW · Beaufort 2
  • Mon 2 3–14 mph · gusts 26 NNE · Beaufort 4
  • Tue 3 0–7 mph · gusts 25 NW · Beaufort 2
  • Wed 4 1–6 mph · gusts 13 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) 6781011956
Gusts 1012142020171011
Direction WWSWWWWSWWSWWSWW
Beaufort 22333322
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) 65542035
Gusts 1210995249
Direction WNWWNWNWNWWNWSSWNWNW
Beaufort 22221012
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) 45541223
Gusts 89983646
Direction NWNWNWNWNEENENNENW
Beaufort 22221111
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) 33454235
Gusts 668109658
Direction NWWWSWWSWWSWNNENNEN
Beaufort 11222112
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 102381447928726725613
AIFS 128991058
GFS 1128720102315347105555
ICON 11235105949122649511
ARPEGE 817816561019———
ICON-EU 1120612595101426——
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 west: cross-offshore. Calmer water near the shore, and bait and boats drift out to sea.

On Monday 2, from the north-northeast: cross-offshore.

The coast here faces southeast. 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 LillesandQuestions

What's the wind like today in Lillesand?

Light breeze from the west: 7 mph now, peaking at 11 mph at 12:00 pm with gusts of 20 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Monday 2: up to 14 mph from the north-northeast, with gusts of 26 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is light breeze and waves are 3.6 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 southeast.

More about Lillesand today

Wind near Lillesand

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, 4.4 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 4:51 am (local time).

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