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Wind in Rensvik

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 11:17 am (CET)
Now · from the west-southwest 24 mph
Gusts
48 mph
Beaufort scale
5 · fresh breeze
Today's peak
26 mph at 5:00 am
In knots
21 kn
Cross-shore Gusts up to 49 mph today

Today the wind in Rensvik is a fresh breeze from the west-southwest: 13 mph to 26 mph, peaking at 5:00 am with gusts of 49 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

Kristiansund (ENKB), 0.7 mi away · 27 min ago

Wind22 mph from the west-southwest
Gusts—
Visibility6.2 mi or more
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 13–26 mph · gusts 49 WSW · Beaufort 6
  • Fri 30 3–16 mph · gusts 28 WSW · Beaufort 4
  • Sat 31 1–6 mph · gusts 10 SSE · Beaufort 2
  • Sun 1 4–10 mph · gusts 18 WSW · Beaufort 3
  • Mon 2 6–20 mph · gusts 35 SW · Beaufort 5
  • Tue 3 5–18 mph · gusts 34 WNW · Beaufort 5
  • Wed 4 5–13 mph · gusts 27 SW · 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) 1323252323232117
Gusts 2243484245443934
Direction SWSWWSWWSWWSWWWW
Beaufort 45655554
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) 15121054444
Gusts 282321126787
Direction WWWWSWSEESESESE
Beaufort 44321222
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) 22333445
Gusts 53566788
Direction SWSWSESESESSESSESSE
Beaufort 11111222
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) 64668989
Gusts 118181015171716
Direction SSESNWWWSWSWWW
Beaufort 22223333
Model ICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EU

Do the models agree on the wind?

Medium confidence

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

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 15349244111022154014341327
AIFS 181159131115
GFS 22387207891610218181123
ICON 2847152658915203218302237
ARPEGE 2642162511172637———
ICON-EU 2649162861010182035——
Confidence mediumhighhighhighmediummediummedium

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

The coast here faces north. We work it out from the OpenStreetMap coastline.

How to read the Beaufort scale

ForceNamemphAt sea
4 Moderate breeze 13–18 Frequent whitecaps
5 Fresh breeze · today 19–24 Moderate waves, many whitecaps
6 Strong breeze · week peak 25–31 Large waves, foam crests
7 Near gale 32–38 Heaped sea, streaks of foam
8 Gale 39–46 High waves, spray
9 Strong gale 47–54 Very high waves

Questions about the wind in RensvikQuestions

What's the wind like today in Rensvik?

Fresh breeze from the west-southwest: 24 mph now, peaking at 26 mph at 5:00 am with gusts of 49 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Thursday 29: up to 26 mph from the west-southwest, with gusts of 49 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is fresh breeze and waves are 4.4 ft. On Thursday 29, with gusts of 49 mph, take extra care. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Cross-shore: the coast faces north.

More about Rensvik today

Wind near Rensvik

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, 11 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 11:17 am (local time).

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