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Wind in Puerto del Carmen

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 1:49 am (WET)
Now · from the northwest 3 mph
Gusts
5 mph
Beaufort scale
1 · light air
Today's peak
7 mph at 1:00 pm
In knots
2 kn
Offshore

Today the wind in Puerto del Carmen is a light air from the northwest: 1 mph to 7 mph, peaking at 1:00 pm with gusts of 12 mph. The windiest day of the week is Monday 2: up to 17 mph from the east-northeast, with gusts of 27 mph.

Measured now at the airport

Arrecife/Lanzarote (GCRR), 4.5 mi away · 19 min ago

Wind1 mph variable direction
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 1–7 mph · gusts 12 NW · Beaufort 2
  • Fri 30 1–8 mph · gusts 15 SSE · Beaufort 3
  • Sat 31 1–8 mph · gusts 13 E · Beaufort 3
  • Sun 1 4–13 mph · gusts 20 NE · Beaufort 4
  • Mon 2 7–17 mph · gusts 27 ENE · Beaufort 4
  • Tue 3 3–13 mph · gusts 21 E · Beaufort 4
  • Wed 4 4–8 mph · gusts 15 NE · 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) 33425454
Gusts 5474101199
Direction NNWNNWNNWNWSSESSWNNNW
Beaufort 11112222
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) 23217543
Gusts 5454131386
Direction NWNWNNWWSSSEESESE
Beaufort 11102221
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) 22256555
Gusts 3338121098
Direction NEEESESESEENEENE
Beaufort 11122222
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) 77551091310
Gusts 1312101016192019
Direction ENENEENENENNEENENE
Beaufort 22223343
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 on Sunday 1.

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 71581781491717201321815
AIFS 759121394
GFS 5115886162212209121317
ICON 9147129151222162671548
ARPEGE 6127157161526———
ICON-EU 7129158131320———
Confidence highhighhighmediumhighhighmedium

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 northwest: offshore. Calm shore and clean waves, but watch the drift out to sea.

On Monday 2, from the east-northeast: cross-shore.

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

How to read the Beaufort scale

ForceNamemphAt sea
0 Calm 0–1 Sea like a mirror
1 Light air · today 1–3 Ripples, no foam
2 Light breeze 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

Questions about the wind in Puerto del CarmenQuestions

What's the wind like today in Puerto del Carmen?

Light air from the northwest: 3 mph now, peaking at 7 mph at 1:00 pm with gusts of 12 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Monday 2: up to 17 mph from the east-northeast, with gusts of 27 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is light air and waves are 1.8 ft. No strong gusts expected this week. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Offshore: the coast faces southeast.

More about Puerto del Carmen today

Wind near Puerto del Carmen

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, 13 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 1:49 am (local time).

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