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Wind in Fasito‘outa

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 7:09 pm (GMT+13)
Now · from the east-southeast 11 mph
Gusts
14 mph
Beaufort scale
3 · gentle breeze
Today's peak
13 mph at 1:00 pm
In knots
9 kn
Cross-offshore

Today the wind in Fasito‘outa is a gentle breeze from the east-southeast: 1 mph to 13 mph, peaking at 1:00 pm with gusts of 18 mph. The windiest day of the week is Friday 30: up to 18 mph from the east, with gusts of 25 mph.

Measured now at the airport

Apia/Faleolo (NSFA), 3.7 mi away · 24 min ago

Wind12 mph from the southeast
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 1–13 mph · gusts 18 E · Beaufort 4
  • Fri 30 3–18 mph · gusts 25 E · Beaufort 5
  • Sat 31 2–9 mph · gusts 14 E · Beaufort 3
  • Sun 1 1–8 mph · gusts 11 SE · Beaufort 3
  • Mon 2 4–13 mph · gusts 26 E · Beaufort 4
  • Tue 3 5–12 mph · gusts 21 E · Beaufort 3
  • Wed 4 2–12 mph · gusts 18 ESE · 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) 7333119109
Gusts 1485615151412
Direction ESESESSENEENEEESEESE
Beaufort 21113333
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 765514181613
Gusts 12108919252218
Direction ESESESENEENEENEEE
Beaufort 22224544
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 96758724
Gusts 14101010121266
Direction ESESESENENENEESESE
Beaufort 32223211
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF
Sun 1
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 57466366
Gusts 81091111799
Direction SESSESENWNNWNESESE
Beaufort 22222122
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF

Do the models agree on the wind?

Low confidence

They don't agree on the wind tomorrow: it may change.

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 13181825914811132612211218
AIFS 15101113161617
GFS 1919161415141920242523232324
ICON 92151371771792211251126
Confidence mediumlowmediummediumlowmediummedium

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

On Friday 30, from the east: cross-shore.

The coast here faces north. 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 Fasito‘outaQuestions

What's the wind like today in Fasito‘outa?

Gentle breeze from the east-southeast: 11 mph now, peaking at 13 mph at 1:00 pm with gusts of 18 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Friday 30: up to 18 mph from the east, with gusts of 25 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is gentle breeze and waves are 2.9 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 north.

More about Fasito‘outa today

Wind near Fasito‘outa

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 7:09 pm (local time).

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