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Wind in Mawgan Porth

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 12:46 am (GMT)
Now · from the southeast 7 mph
Gusts
10 mph
Beaufort scale
2 · light breeze
Today's peak
13 mph at 1:00 pm
In knots
6 kn
Offshore

Today the wind in Mawgan Porth is a light breeze from the southeast: 7 mph to 13 mph, peaking at 1:00 pm with gusts of 24 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

Newquay/Cornwall (EGHQ), 2.5 mi away · 26 min 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 7–13 mph · gusts 24 SSE · Beaufort 4
  • Fri 30 5–14 mph · gusts 26 SE · Beaufort 4
  • Sat 31 3–12 mph · gusts 20 E · Beaufort 3
  • Sun 1 2–7 mph · gusts 13 NE · Beaufort 2
  • Mon 2 4–10 mph · gusts 24 ENE · Beaufort 3
  • Tue 3 7–13 mph · gusts 21 ENE · Beaufort 4
  • Wed 4 10–12 mph · gusts 22 ENE · 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) 77771312910
Gusts 1110111223231718
Direction SESESESESSESSESESSE
Beaufort 22224333
Model AROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROME
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 912891411914
Gusts 1523161524231623
Direction SSESESESESESEESEESE
Beaufort 33334334
Model AROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROME
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 565712843
Gusts 911912201676
Direction EEENEEESEESEEE
Beaufort 22223321
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) 32336744
Gusts 8567101398
Direction EEENEENNENNENEENE
Beaufort 11112222
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 7 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 1626132013211229112513211222
AIFS 15131110131515
GFS 1521162111201022132510211223
ICON 14241220122061191514241627
ARPEGE 172616261623————
AROME 13241426—————
ICON-EU 142412201220713———
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: offshore. Calm shore and clean waves, but watch the drift out to sea.

On Friday 30, from the southeast: offshore.

The coast here faces west. 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 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

Questions about the wind in Mawgan PorthQuestions

What's the wind like today in Mawgan Porth?

Light breeze from the southeast: 7 mph now, peaking at 13 mph at 1:00 pm with gusts of 24 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Friday 30: up to 14 mph from the southeast, with gusts of 26 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is light breeze and waves are 6.2 ft. No strong gusts expected this week. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Offshore: the coast faces west.

More about Mawgan Porth today

Wind near Mawgan Porth

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, 9.8 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 12:46 am (local time).

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