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Wind in Santa Cruz de la Palma

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 10:25 am (WET)
Now · from the east-southeast 4 mph
Gusts
9 mph
Beaufort scale
2 · light breeze
Today's peak
6 mph at 1:00 pm
In knots
3 kn
Onshore

Today the wind in Santa Cruz de la Palma is a light breeze from the east-southeast: 0 mph to 6 mph, peaking at 1:00 pm with gusts of 14 mph. The windiest day of the week is Sunday 1: up to 10 mph from the south-southwest, with gusts of 22 mph.

Measured now at the airport

La Palma (GCLA), 3.5 mi away · 25 min ago

Wind5 mph from the northeast
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 0–6 mph · gusts 14 SE · Beaufort 2
  • Fri 30 1–8 mph · gusts 16 S · Beaufort 3
  • Sat 31 4–9 mph · gusts 21 SSW · Beaufort 3
  • Sun 1 5–10 mph · gusts 22 SSW · Beaufort 3
  • Mon 2 1–5 mph · gusts 15 SSW · Beaufort 2
  • Tue 3 1–6 mph · gusts 17 NE · Beaufort 2
  • Wed 4 1–6 mph · gusts 13 NE · 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) 21116641
Gusts 43341313113
Direction SSWSSESSEENESEESEESES
Beaufort 10012221
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) 33316852
Gusts 55761316135
Direction SWWWESESESSESSW
Beaufort 11112321
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) 45658899
Gusts 911111217181919
Direction SWSWSWSSSSWSSWSSW
Beaufort 22223333
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) 998910975
Gusts 2021192022211611
Direction SSWSSWSWSSWSSWSSSW
Beaufort 33333322
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 615513520520914617613
AIFS 5355555
GFS 5644119182515225544
ICON 62451712371132732817613
ARPEGE 613611612412———
ICON-EU 6148169211022515——
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 east-southeast: onshore. More surf and backwash at the shore, and bait and boats drift toward land.

On Sunday 1, from the south-southwest: cross-shore.

The coast here faces east. 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 · week peak 8–12 Scattered whitecaps
4 Moderate breeze 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 Santa Cruz de la PalmaQuestions

What's the wind like today in Santa Cruz de la Palma?

Light breeze from the east-southeast: 4 mph now, peaking at 6 mph at 1:00 pm with gusts of 14 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Sunday 1: up to 10 mph from the south-southwest, with gusts of 22 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is light 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?

Onshore: the coast faces east.

More about Santa Cruz de la Palma today

Wind near Santa Cruz de la Palma

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 10:25 am (local time).

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