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Wind in Dania Beach

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 7:38 pm (EDT)
Now · from the east-northeast 9 mph
Gusts
17 mph
Beaufort scale
3 · gentle breeze
Today's peak
20 mph at 2:00 am
In knots
8 kn
Onshore

Today the wind in Dania Beach is a gentle breeze from the east-northeast: 3 mph to 20 mph, peaking at 2:00 am with gusts of 29 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood (KFLL), 2.1 mi away · 45 min ago

Wind8 mph from the northeast
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 3–20 mph · gusts 29 NE · Beaufort 5
  • Thu 29 3–9 mph · gusts 19 NE · Beaufort 3
  • Fri 30 4–12 mph · gusts 18 NE · Beaufort 3
  • Sat 31 9–15 mph · gusts 23 ENE · Beaufort 4
  • Sun 1 9–16 mph · gusts 23 E · Beaufort 4
  • Mon 2 6–12 mph · gusts 18 E · Beaufort 4
  • Tue 3 4–10 mph · gusts 16 NNE · Beaufort 3

Every 3 hours

Today
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 1814351013811
Gusts 292310613151417
Direction NEENENNENNWENENENEENE
Beaufort 54123433
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRR
Thu 29
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 95666986
Gusts 13812139131311
Direction ENENNNWNNWNNEENEENEENE
Beaufort 32222332
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRNBMNBMNBM
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 545710121110
Gusts 109101215181716
Direction NENENNENEENEENEENENE
Beaufort 22223333
Model NBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 99101114151413
Gusts 1717171821232121
Direction ENEENEENEENEENEENEENEENE
Beaufort 33334444
Model NBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM

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 819513919921920813824
AIFS 1181113141614
GFS 2125111214131915161714111110
ICON 818715102011241023823618
HRRR 2029919—————
NBM 142491312181523162312181016
Confidence mediumhighhighhighhighmediumhigh

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 east-northeast: onshore. More surf and backwash at the shore, and bait and boats drift toward land.

The coast here faces east. 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 Dania BeachQuestions

What's the wind like today in Dania Beach?

Gentle breeze from the east-northeast: 9 mph now, peaking at 20 mph at 2:00 am with gusts of 29 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Wednesday 28: up to 20 mph from the northeast, with gusts of 29 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is gentle breeze and waves are 3.8 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 east.

More about Dania Beach today

Wind near Dania Beach

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, 9.6 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 7:38 pm (local time).

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