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Wind in Linhu

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 4:41 pm (GMT+8)
Now · from the east-southeast 9 mph
Gusts
22 mph
Beaufort scale
3 · gentle breeze
Today's peak
10 mph at 12:00 am
In knots
7 kn
Cross-onshore Gusts up to 33 mph on Monday 2

Today the wind in Linhu is a gentle breeze from the east-southeast: 2 mph to 10 mph, peaking at 12:00 am with gusts of 22 mph. The windiest day of the week is Friday 30: up to 13 mph from the east, with gusts of 30 mph.

Measured now at the airport

Xiamen-Gaoqi (ZSAM), 11 mi away · 1 h ago

Wind9 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 2–10 mph · gusts 22 ENE · Beaufort 3
  • Fri 30 1–13 mph · gusts 30 E · Beaufort 4
  • Sat 31 7–12 mph · gusts 26 ENE · Beaufort 3
  • Sun 1 2–8 mph · gusts 19 SSE · Beaufort 3
  • Mon 2 2–13 mph · gusts 33 E · Beaufort 4
  • Tue 3 5–13 mph · gusts 29 ENE · Beaufort 4
  • Wed 4 0–10 mph · gusts 27 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) 107423784
Gusts 21159101419198
Direction NNENNENNWNNWESESEESEENE
Beaufort 32211232
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 3122613810
Gusts 525918282018
Direction NNENWWNWNWESESEEENE
Beaufort 10112433
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 787810111211
Gusts 1616141925242521
Direction NENENNENEENEEENE
Beaufort 23233333
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF
Sun 1
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 84225852
Gusts 1910491519157
Direction NENWNWSWSSESESSESSW
Beaufort 32112321
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 102213301226819133313291027
AIFS 9611713107
GFS 1814211825261511292926252117
ICON 614716112351110221022715
Confidence mediumlowlowmediumlowlowlow

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

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

The coast here faces south. 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 · week peak 13–18 Frequent whitecaps
5 Fresh breeze 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 LinhuQuestions

What's the wind like today in Linhu?

Gentle breeze from the east-southeast: 9 mph now, peaking at 10 mph at 12:00 am with gusts of 22 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Friday 30: up to 13 mph from the east, with gusts of 30 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is gentle breeze and waves are 1.7 ft. On Monday 2, with gusts of 33 mph, take extra care. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Cross-onshore: the coast faces south.

More about Linhu today

Wind near Linhu

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, 5.0 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 4:41 pm (local time).

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