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Wind in Puntallana

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 4:01 am (WET)
Now · from the northwest 3 mph
Gusts
9 mph
Beaufort scale
1 · light air
Today's peak
4 mph at 12:00 am
In knots
3 kn
Cross-offshore

Today the wind in Puntallana is a light air from the northwest: 1 mph to 4 mph, peaking at 12:00 am with gusts of 12 mph. The windiest day of the week is Sunday 1: up to 10 mph from the west-southwest, with gusts of 27 mph.

Measured now at the airport

La Palma (GCLA), 7.1 mi away · 31 min ago

Wind5 mph from the west
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 1–4 mph · gusts 12 NNW · Beaufort 2
  • Fri 30 1–4 mph · gusts 13 WNW · Beaufort 2
  • Sat 31 3–9 mph · gusts 24 WSW · Beaufort 3
  • Sun 1 4–10 mph · gusts 27 WSW · Beaufort 3
  • Mon 2 1–5 mph · gusts 13 SW · Beaufort 2
  • Tue 3 0–4 mph · gusts 17 NE · Beaufort 2
  • Wed 4 1–5 mph · gusts 12 ENE · 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) 43323313
Gusts 10987111299
Direction NWNWNWNESEEENENW
Beaufort 21111111
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) 33324312
Gusts 9999121187
Direction WNWWNWNWNNESEESESEWNW
Beaufort 11112111
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) 44547789
Gusts 1011131318202123
Direction WWWWNWWSWSWWSW
Beaufort 22222233
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) 9101098646
Gusts 2426272421202017
Direction WSWWSWWSWWSWSWSWSSWWSW
Beaufort 33333222
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 Saturday 31.

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 614614517221514417512
AIFS 4355322
GFS 7655121113258169573
ICON 51561512351132623421513
ARPEGE 511612411617———
ICON-EU 4124139241027———
Confidence highhighmediummediumhighhighhigh

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

On Sunday 1, from the west-southwest: offshore.

The coast here faces east. 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 · week peak 8–12 Scattered whitecaps
4 Moderate breeze 13–18 Frequent whitecaps
5 Fresh breeze 19–24 Moderate waves, many whitecaps

Questions about the wind in PuntallanaQuestions

What's the wind like today in Puntallana?

Light air from the northwest: 3 mph now, peaking at 4 mph at 12:00 am with gusts of 12 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Sunday 1: up to 10 mph from the west-southwest, with gusts of 27 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is light air and waves are 3.3 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 east.

More about Puntallana today

Wind near Puntallana

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, 16 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 4:01 am (local time).

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