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Wind in Truro

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 10:49 pm (GMT)
Now · from the west-northwest 0 mph
Gusts
2 mph
Beaufort scale
0 · calm
Today's peak
10 mph at 10:00 am
In knots
0 kn
Offshore

Today the wind in Truro is a calm from the west-northwest: 0 mph to 10 mph, peaking at 10:00 am with gusts of 20 mph. The windiest day of the week is Friday 30: up to 13 mph from the southeast, with gusts of 24 mph.

Measured now at the airport

Newquay/Cornwall (EGHQ), 12 mi away · 29 min ago

Wind8 mph from the south-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, Wed 28 0–10 mph · gusts 20 WSW · Beaufort 3
  • Thu 29 0–13 mph · gusts 23 SSE · Beaufort 4
  • Fri 30 6–13 mph · gusts 24 SE · Beaufort 4
  • Sat 31 2–11 mph · gusts 19 E · Beaufort 3
  • Sun 1 2–6 mph · gusts 10 NNW · Beaufort 2
  • Mon 2 2–8 mph · gusts 31 NE · Beaufort 3
  • Tue 3 6–9 mph · gusts 22 NE · 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) 679109941
Gusts 141315191917102
Direction SWWSWSWWSWWSWSWSSWSSW
Beaufort 22333321
Model AROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROME
Thu 29
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 1221012121112
Gusts 1321722221920
Direction WNWWNWWSSESSESESESSE
Beaufort 01134333
Model AROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROME
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 13111010111187
Gusts 2220171820201411
Direction SESESESESEESEESEE
Beaufort 43333332
Model AROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEAROMEICON-EU
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 7861011943
Gusts 12131116191785
Direction ESEESEESEESEESEEENENNE
Beaufort 23233321
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) TodayThu 29Fri 30Sat 31Sun 1Mon 2Tue 3
ECMWF 10211427112212238231133922
AIFS 1314119111314
GFS 1425142214221219112216241521
ICON 1221142311191220599161424
ARPEGE 1220172716241422———
AROME 11201323—————
ICON-EU 1119132111181119610——
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 west-northwest: offshore. Calm shore and clean waves, but watch the drift out to sea.

On Friday 30, from the southeast: onshore.

The coast here faces southeast. We work it out from the OpenStreetMap coastline.

How to read the Beaufort scale

ForceNamemphAt sea
0 Calm · today 0–1 Sea like a mirror
1 Light air 1–3 Ripples, no foam
2 Light breeze 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

Questions about the wind in TruroQuestions

What's the wind like today in Truro?

Calm from the west-northwest: 0 mph now, peaking at 10 mph at 10:00 am with gusts of 20 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Friday 30: up to 13 mph from the southeast, with gusts of 24 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is calm 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?

Offshore: the coast faces southeast.

More about Truro today

Wind near Truro

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, 18 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 10:49 pm (local time).

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