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Wind in Stebbins

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 6:24 pm (AKDT)
Now · from the southwest 17 mph
Gusts
30 mph
Beaufort scale
4 · moderate breeze
Today's peak
23 mph at 12:00 pm
In knots
14 kn
Cross-offshore Gusts up to 49 mph on Monday 2

Today the wind in Stebbins is a moderate breeze from the southwest: 12 mph to 23 mph, peaking at 12:00 pm with gusts of 40 mph. The windiest day of the week is Tuesday 3: up to 25 mph from the southeast, with gusts of 45 mph.

Measured now at the airport

St Michael (PAMK), 5.9 mi away · 28 min ago

Wind25 mph from the west-southwest
Gusts33 mph
Visibility9.9 mi or more
WeatherRain

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 12–23 mph · gusts 40 S · Beaufort 5
  • Thu 29 7–20 mph · gusts 32 SE · Beaufort 5
  • Fri 30 3–16 mph · gusts 29 SSE · Beaufort 4
  • Sat 31 5–12 mph · gusts 19 WNW · Beaufort 3
  • Sun 1 1–9 mph · gusts 15 WNW · Beaufort 3
  • Mon 2 10–23 mph · gusts 49 ESE · Beaufort 5
  • Tue 3 9–25 mph · gusts 45 SE · Beaufort 6

Every 3 hours

Today
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 1721171823181712
Gusts 2835293239383123
Direction SSESSESESESSESSWSWSSW
Beaufort 45455544
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF
Thu 29
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 12891315181318
Gusts 2017162125272329
Direction SSSEESEESESESESSE
Beaufort 33344444
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 16141214131273
Gusts 292521222119146
Direction SSESSESSESSESSESSESSSW
Beaufort 44344321
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 55691211108
Gusts 7991619191814
Direction SSWSWNWNWNWNWNW
Beaufort 22233333
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF

Do the models agree on the wind?

Medium confidence

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

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 234020321629121991523492545
AIFS 2115151381616
GFS 304926392137162291417262435
ICON 254318281321142391326432744
Confidence mediummediummediumhighhighmediummedium

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 southwest: cross-offshore. Calmer water near the shore, and bait and boats drift out to sea.

On Tuesday 3, from the southeast: cross-offshore.

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

How to read the Beaufort scale

ForceNamemphAt sea
3 Gentle breeze 8–12 Scattered whitecaps
4 Moderate breeze · today 13–18 Frequent whitecaps
5 Fresh breeze 19–24 Moderate waves, many whitecaps
6 Strong breeze · week peak 25–31 Large waves, foam crests
7 Near gale 32–38 Heaped sea, streaks of foam
8 Gale 39–46 High waves, spray

Questions about the wind in StebbinsQuestions

What's the wind like today in Stebbins?

Moderate breeze from the southwest: 17 mph now, peaking at 23 mph at 12:00 pm with gusts of 40 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Tuesday 3: up to 25 mph from the southeast, with gusts of 45 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is moderate breeze and waves are 4.0 ft. On Monday 2, with gusts of 49 mph, take extra care. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Cross-offshore: the coast faces north.

More about Stebbins today

Wind near Stebbins

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, 1.8 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 6:24 pm (local time).

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