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Wind in Halmstad

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 6:11 am (CET)
Now · from the west 4 mph
Gusts
9 mph
Beaufort scale
2 · light breeze
Today's peak
10 mph at 12:00 pm
In knots
3 kn
Cross-onshore

Today the wind in Halmstad is a light breeze from the west: 3 mph to 10 mph, peaking at 12:00 pm with gusts of 21 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

Halmstad (ESMT), 1.8 mi away · 51 min ago

Wind8 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 3–10 mph · gusts 21 W · Beaufort 3
  • Fri 30 1–6 mph · gusts 12 WNW · Beaufort 2
  • Sat 31 1–4 mph · gusts 7 NNE · Beaufort 1
  • Sun 1 2–6 mph · gusts 12 SSE · Beaufort 2
  • Mon 2 2–10 mph · gusts 18 E · Beaufort 3
  • Tue 3 4–8 mph · gusts 14 N · Beaufort 3
  • Wed 4 1–6 mph · gusts 13 NW · 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) 684410845
Gusts 1217982119910
Direction SSSWWWWNWWWWNW
Beaufort 23223322
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) 33346521
Gusts 87108121154
Direction WNWWNWNWWNWWNWWNWNWNNW
Beaufort 11122211
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) 22211213
Gusts 45553426
Direction NNNENNENENWNWNNEESE
Beaufort 11111111
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) 32245555
Gusts 644710111111
Direction EEESESSSS
Beaufort 11122222
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 12248155911301125814613
AIFS 1293101387
GFS 11229174413271631617611
ICON 102161348613714510714
ARPEGE 1525814591521———
ICON-EU 102161247612613——
Confidence highhighhighmediummediumhighhigh

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: cross-onshore. A bit more surf at the shore and drift along the coast, toward land.

The coast here faces southwest. 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 HalmstadQuestions

What's the wind like today in Halmstad?

Light breeze from the west: 4 mph now, peaking at 10 mph at 12:00 pm with gusts of 21 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Thursday 29: up to 10 mph from the west, with gusts of 21 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is light breeze and waves are 1.9 ft. No strong gusts expected this week. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Cross-onshore: the coast faces southwest.

More about Halmstad today

Wind near Halmstad

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 6:11 am (local time).

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