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Wind in Samoa

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 5:34 pm (PDT)
Now · from the north 9 mph
Gusts
17 mph
Beaufort scale
3 · gentle breeze
Today's peak
10 mph at 3:00 pm
In knots
7 kn
Cross-onshore

Today the wind in Samoa is a gentle breeze from the north: 2 mph to 10 mph, peaking at 3:00 pm with gusts of 17 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

Arcata (KACV), 12 mi away · 41 min ago

Wind9 mph from the northwest
Gusts—
Visibility9.9 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 2–10 mph · gusts 17 NNE · Beaufort 3
  • Thu 29 1–8 mph · gusts 15 N · Beaufort 3
  • Fri 30 1–5 mph · gusts 7 NNE · Beaufort 2
  • Sat 31 1–4 mph · gusts 6 ENE · Beaufort 2
  • Sun 1 2–9 mph · gusts 13 NNE · Beaufort 3
  • Mon 2 1–3 mph · gusts 5 E · Beaufort 1
  • Tue 3 1–4 mph · gusts 5 E · 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) 654551086
Gusts 1287511161712
Direction NNEESESESENWNNWNNNE
Beaufort 22222332
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRR
Thu 29
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 75265864
Gusts 131391381296
Direction NNNEENENNNNNNE
Beaufort 22122322
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRNBMNBMNBMNBM
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 43322543
Gusts 55443765
Direction NEENEEENENNNWNNNE
Beaufort 21111221
Model NBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 43322443
Gusts 54443655
Direction ENEEESESWNWNENE
Beaufort 21111221
Model NBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM

Do the models agree on the wind?

High confidence

The models agree on the wind for the next few days.

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 122112218156131425616310
AIFS 119781243
GFS 816617712897145559
ICON 9177156114811224959
HRRR 10171320—————
NBM 91481257469133545
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 north: cross-onshore. A bit more surf at the shore and drift along the coast, toward land.

The coast here faces west. 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 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 SamoaQuestions

What's the wind like today in Samoa?

Gentle breeze from the north: 9 mph now, peaking at 10 mph at 3:00 pm with gusts of 17 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Wednesday 28: up to 10 mph from the north-northeast, with gusts of 17 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is gentle breeze and waves are 5.1 ft. No strong gusts expected this week. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Cross-onshore: the coast faces west.

More about Samoa today

Wind near Samoa

Only places with a different forecast: spots a few miles apart share the same model cell and wouldn't add anything.

Learn more

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). 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 5:34 pm (local time).

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