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Wind in Noank

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 7:40 pm (EDT)
Now · from the southwest 4 mph
Gusts
8 mph
Beaufort scale
2 · light breeze
Today's peak
7 mph at 1:00 pm
In knots
3 kn
Onshore

Today the wind in Noank is a light breeze from the southwest: 1 mph to 7 mph, peaking at 1:00 pm with gusts of 15 mph. The windiest day of the week is Friday 30: up to 11 mph from the west-northwest, with gusts of 21 mph.

Measured now at the airport

Groton-New London (KGON), 3.0 mi away · 44 min ago

WindCalm
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 1–7 mph · gusts 15 W · Beaufort 2
  • Thu 29 3–10 mph · gusts 17 SW · Beaufort 3
  • Fri 30 6–11 mph · gusts 21 WNW · Beaufort 3
  • Sat 31 0–7 mph · gusts 17 NNW · Beaufort 2
  • Sun 1 1–6 mph · gusts 10 WSW · Beaufort 2
  • Mon 2 2–7 mph · gusts 12 WSW · Beaufort 2
  • Tue 3 2–7 mph · gusts 13 ENE · 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) 44554635
Gusts 5121186679
Direction NNNNWNSSSSWSW
Beaufort 22222212
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRR
Thu 29
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 546310986
Gusts 1313151416161617
Direction SWWSWWSWWSWSWSWSWSW
Beaufort 22213332
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRNBMNBMNBM
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 6776911107
Gusts 1719171416192119
Direction WSWWSWWSWWWNWWNWNWNW
Beaufort 22223332
Model NBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 66667520
Gusts 1716151513964
Direction NWNWNNWNNWNNWNWNWNW
Beaufort 22222210
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 71311241326820620720819
AIFS 710119577
GFS 811142721301126101115161517
ICON 41292411308217218231026
HRRR 6151122—————
NBM 5109171121717610712713
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 southwest: onshore. More surf and backwash at the shore, and bait and boats drift toward land.

On Friday 30, from the west-northwest: cross-onshore.

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

How to read the Beaufort scale

ForceNamemphAt sea
1 Light air 1–3 Ripples, no foam
2 Light breeze · today 4–7 Small wavelets
3 Gentle breeze · week peak 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

Questions about the wind in NoankQuestions

What's the wind like today in Noank?

Light breeze from the southwest: 4 mph now, peaking at 7 mph at 1:00 pm with gusts of 15 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Friday 30: up to 11 mph from the west-northwest, with gusts of 21 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is light breeze and waves are 1.0 ft. No strong gusts expected this week. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Onshore: the coast faces southwest.

More about Noank today

Wind near Noank

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, 5.4 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 7:40 pm (local time).

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