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Wind in Cairneyhill

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 11:40 pm (GMT)
Now · from the west-southwest 8 mph
Gusts
13 mph
Beaufort scale
3 · gentle breeze
Today's peak
21 mph at 5:00 am
In knots
7 kn
Cross-onshore Gusts up to 35 mph today

Today the wind in Cairneyhill is a gentle breeze from the west-southwest: 8 mph to 21 mph, peaking at 5:00 am with gusts of 35 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

Edinburgh (EGPH), 10 mi away · 20 min ago

Wind12 mph from the 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, Wed 28 8–21 mph · gusts 35 WSW · Beaufort 5
  • Thu 29 0–8 mph · gusts 14 SW · Beaufort 3
  • Fri 30 0–6 mph · gusts 11 SW · Beaufort 2
  • Sat 31 1–10 mph · gusts 16 WSW · Beaufort 3
  • Sun 1 2–6 mph · gusts 12 NNE · Beaufort 2
  • Mon 2 1–4 mph · gusts 8 WNW · Beaufort 2
  • Tue 3 1–5 mph · gusts 9 W · Beaufort 2

Every 3 hours

Today
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 151618141715129
Gusts 2827332226251815
Direction SWSSWWSWWSWWSWWSWSWWSW
Beaufort 44444433
Model ICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EU
Thu 29
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 85514671
Gusts 13974712103
Direction WSWSWWSWSWSSWSE
Beaufort 32202221
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) 33005532
Gusts 64328954
Direction ENEENENENSWSWWSWW
Beaufort 11002211
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) 11237988
Gusts 343512161315
Direction WSWWWSWWSWWSWWSWWSW
Beaufort 11112333
Model ICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EUICON-EU

Do the models agree on the wind?

Medium confidence

They roughly agree; there's more spread in the wind today.

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) TodayThu 29Fri 30Sat 31Sun 1Mon 2Tue 3
ECMWF 1835816102091752451359
AIFS 17778424
GFS 254392211241222464437
ICON 213891681410178155924
ARPEGE 284591511171014———
ICON-EU 21358146111016612——
Confidence mediumhighhighhighhighhighhigh

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

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 13–18 Frequent whitecaps
5 Fresh breeze · week peak 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 CairneyhillQuestions

What's the wind like today in Cairneyhill?

Gentle breeze from the west-southwest: 8 mph now, peaking at 21 mph at 5:00 am with gusts of 35 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Wednesday 28: up to 21 mph from the west-southwest, with gusts of 35 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is gentle breeze. On Wednesday 28, with gusts of 35 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 Cairneyhill today

Wind near Cairneyhill

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, 12 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 11:40 pm (local time).

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