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Wind in Burry Port

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 11:09 am (GMT)
Now · from the southeast 11 mph
Gusts
18 mph
Beaufort scale
3 · gentle breeze
Today's peak
14 mph at 1:00 pm
In knots
10 kn
Cross-offshore

Today the wind in Burry Port is a gentle breeze from the southeast: 4 mph to 14 mph, peaking at 1:00 pm with gusts of 22 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

Pembry Sands (EGOP), 5.5 mi away · 49 min ago

Wind13 mph from the south
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 4–14 mph · gusts 22 SE · Beaufort 4
  • Fri 30 5–13 mph · gusts 20 ESE · Beaufort 4
  • Sat 31 2–6 mph · gusts 10 E · Beaufort 2
  • Sun 1 2–5 mph · gusts 8 NE · Beaufort 2
  • Mon 2 3–11 mph · gusts 18 NE · Beaufort 3
  • Tue 3 4–12 mph · gusts 20 NE · Beaufort 4
  • Wed 4 9–14 mph · gusts 26 NE · Beaufort 4

Every 3 hours

Today
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 5445121189
Gusts 1188919211314
Direction SWSSESESESESESEESE
Beaufort 22223333
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) 1110911121175
Gusts 171715182018128
Direction ESESEESEESESESEESENE
Beaufort 33333322
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) 55356523
Gusts 886810944
Direction NEENEEESESESEENENE
Beaufort 22122211
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) 34433554
Gusts 57685886
Direction NNENENEENENENNENENE
Beaufort 12211222
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 101911218151018122213201426
AIFS 11118891112
GFS 122214246111014111913211324
ICON 132112214848101910171220
ARPEGE 1321152411161119———
ICON-EU 14221320610581118——
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 southeast: cross-offshore. Calmer water near the shore, and bait and boats drift out to sea.

On Wednesday 4, from the northeast: offshore.

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 Burry PortQuestions

What's the wind like today in Burry Port?

Gentle breeze from the southeast: 11 mph now, peaking at 14 mph at 1:00 pm with gusts of 22 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Wednesday 4: up to 14 mph from the northeast, with gusts of 26 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is gentle breeze 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 southwest.

More about Burry Port today

Wind near Burry Port

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 11:09 am (local time).

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