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Wind in Dwyran

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 1:29 am (GMT)
Now · from the south-southwest 8 mph
Gusts
13 mph
Beaufort scale
3 · gentle breeze
Today's peak
13 mph at 11:00 am
In knots
7 kn
Cross-onshore

Today the wind in Dwyran is a gentle breeze from the south-southwest: 3 mph to 13 mph, peaking at 11:00 am with gusts of 21 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

Caernarfon (EGCK), 4.4 mi away · 39 min ago

Wind9 mph from the south-southwest
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 3–13 mph · gusts 21 S · Beaufort 4
  • Fri 30 2–12 mph · gusts 19 SSE · Beaufort 3
  • Sat 31 1–3 mph · gusts 6 ESE · Beaufort 1
  • Sun 1 1–8 mph · gusts 15 NE · Beaufort 3
  • Mon 2 2–8 mph · gusts 14 ENE · Beaufort 3
  • Tue 3 4–12 mph · gusts 16 ENE · Beaufort 3
  • Wed 4 3–8 mph · gusts 15 E · 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) 876712844
Gusts 12121111211476
Direction SSSSESSSSESE
Beaufort 32224322
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) 478812533
Gusts 6121213191355
Direction SSESSESSESSSESEESE
Beaufort 22333211
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) 33331322
Gusts 44543535
Direction ESEEESEEWNWWSSESE
Beaufort 11110111
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) 34214874
Gusts 5652715127
Direction ESEESEESENENNNENNENE
Beaufort 12112322
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 1119916499179151216815
AIFS 1096991112
GFS 13201219681114615714713
ICON 1321111848612610510813
ARPEGE 14221523471422———
ICON-EU 1321121946815———
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 south-southwest: 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
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 DwyranQuestions

What's the wind like today in Dwyran?

Gentle breeze from the south-southwest: 8 mph now, peaking at 13 mph at 11:00 am with gusts of 21 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Thursday 29: up to 13 mph from the south, with gusts of 21 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is gentle breeze and waves are 2.2 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 Dwyran today

Wind near Dwyran

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, 14 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 1:29 am (local time).

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