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Wind in Egegik

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 7:08 pm (AKDT)
Now · from the south 3 mph
Gusts
13 mph
Beaufort scale
1 · light air
Today's peak
29 mph at 12:00 pm
In knots
3 kn
Cross-onshore Gusts up to 53 mph on Monday 2

Today the wind in Egegik is a light air from the south: 1 mph to 29 mph, peaking at 12:00 pm with gusts of 49 mph. The windiest day of the week is Monday 2: up to 32 mph from the east-southeast, with gusts of 53 mph.

Measured now at the airport

Egegik (PAII), 2.0 mi away · 12 min ago

Wind5 mph from the west-southwest
Gusts—
Visibility1.7 mi
WeatherRain, mist

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 1–29 mph · gusts 49 SE · Beaufort 6
  • Thu 29 10–24 mph · gusts 39 SE · Beaufort 5
  • Fri 30 9–16 mph · gusts 26 SSE · Beaufort 4
  • Sat 31 4–10 mph · gusts 17 E · Beaufort 3
  • Sun 1 1–14 mph · gusts 24 NNW · Beaufort 4
  • Mon 2 12–32 mph · gusts 53 ESE · Beaufort 7
  • Tue 3 6–21 mph · gusts 41 SSE · Beaufort 5

Every 3 hours

Today
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 16212428292383
Gusts 263138444942208
Direction SESESESESESSESSENNW
Beaufort 45566531
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF
Thu 29
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 1018212018222317
Gusts 1928353431363830
Direction SESESESESESESESSE
Beaufort 35554554
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 121210913161311
Gusts 2219161521262218
Direction SSSSESESSESSESESE
Beaufort 43334443
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 96455448
Gusts 15127898712
Direction SESESESEESEENENNENNW
Beaufort 32222222
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF

Do the models agree on the wind?

Medium confidence

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

What 4 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 3049243915261017142432532141
AIFS 312311910229
GFS 3453294218261220101538554057
ICON 2951223714231118101737661933
Confidence highmediummediumhighhighlowlow

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

On Monday 2, from the east-southeast: cross-offshore.

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

How to read the Beaufort scale

ForceNamemphAt sea
0 Calm 0–1 Sea like a mirror
1 Light air · today 1–3 Ripples, no foam
2 Light breeze 4–7 Small wavelets
3 Gentle breeze 8–12 Scattered whitecaps
4 Moderate breeze 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 · week peak 32–38 Heaped sea, streaks of foam
8 Gale 39–46 High waves, spray

Questions about the wind in EgegikQuestions

What's the wind like today in Egegik?

Light air from the south: 3 mph now, peaking at 29 mph at 12:00 pm with gusts of 49 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Monday 2: up to 32 mph from the east-southeast, with gusts of 53 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is light air and waves are 2.0 ft. On Monday 2, with gusts of 53 mph, take extra care. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Cross-onshore: the coast faces west.

More about Egegik today

Wind near Egegik

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, 5.1 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 7:08 pm (local time).

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