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Wind in Port Sutton

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 3:19 am (EDT)
Now · from the north-northeast 9 mph
Gusts
24 mph
Beaufort scale
3 · gentle breeze
Today's peak
12 mph at 5:00 pm
In knots
8 kn
Offshore

Today the wind in Port Sutton is a gentle breeze from the north-northeast: 5 mph to 12 mph, peaking at 5:00 pm with gusts of 26 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

Tampa/MacDill AFB (KMCF), 6.5 mi away · 14 min ago

Wind7 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, Thu 29 5–12 mph · gusts 26 NE · Beaufort 4
  • Fri 30 7–13 mph · gusts 21 NE · Beaufort 4
  • Sat 31 8–15 mph · gusts 23 ENE · Beaufort 4
  • Sun 1 8–13 mph · gusts 19 ENE · Beaufort 4
  • Mon 2 7–12 mph · gusts 19 NE · Beaufort 4
  • Tue 3 5–11 mph · gusts 17 NE · Beaufort 3
  • Wed 4 3–9 mph · gusts 14 E · 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) 109891211116
Gusts 2524222317152116
Direction NENNENNENENENENENE
Beaufort 33333332
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRR
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 878912131210
Gusts 1615151619202018
Direction NENNENNENENEENEENEENE
Beaufort 32334443
Model NBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 9881013141411
Gusts 1615151720212320
Direction ENEENEENEENEENEEENEENE
Beaufort 33334443
Model NBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM
Sun 1
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 1099111212109
Gusts 1816151618191816
Direction ENEENEENEENEEENEENEENE
Beaufort 33333433
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) TodayFri 30Sat 31Sun 1Mon 2Tue 3Wed 4
ECMWF 11271126132911261316926619
AIFS 1311131314127
GFS 132715251728152818131371112
ICON 132311211222112113251224816
HRRR 12261423—————
NBM 132013211523131912191117914
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-northeast: offshore. Calm shore and clean waves, but watch the drift out to sea.

On Saturday 31, from the east-northeast: offshore.

The coast here faces southwest. 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 · week peak 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 Port SuttonQuestions

What's the wind like today in Port Sutton?

Gentle breeze from the north-northeast: 9 mph now, peaking at 12 mph at 5:00 pm with gusts of 26 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Saturday 31: up to 15 mph from the east-northeast, with gusts of 23 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is gentle breeze and waves are 0.7 ft. No strong gusts expected this week. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Offshore: the coast faces southwest.

More about Port Sutton today

Wind near Port Sutton

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, 12 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 3:19 am (local time).

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