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Wind in South Palm Beach

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 11:43 pm (EDT)
Now · from the northeast 11 mph
Gusts
18 mph
Beaufort scale
3 · gentle breeze
Today's peak
24 mph at 1:00 am
In knots
9 kn
Cross-onshore Gusts up to 37 mph today

Today the wind in South Palm Beach is a gentle breeze from the northeast: 2 mph to 24 mph, peaking at 1:00 am with gusts of 37 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

Lantana/Palm Beach Cnty (KLNA), 2.9 mi away · 18 min ago

Wind7 mph from the east-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 2–24 mph · gusts 37 ENE · Beaufort 5
  • Thu 29 3–12 mph · gusts 20 NE · Beaufort 3
  • Fri 30 5–12 mph · gusts 21 NE · Beaufort 3
  • Sat 31 11–17 mph · gusts 27 ENE · Beaufort 4
  • Sun 1 10–15 mph · gusts 27 E · Beaufort 4
  • Mon 2 6–11 mph · gusts 18 E · Beaufort 3
  • Tue 3 6–11 mph · gusts 17 ENE · 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) 2220710112109
Gusts 3331131513101315
Direction NENEENEEENEESEENENE
Beaufort 55233133
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRR
Thu 29
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 1110736786
Gusts 18171179151313
Direction NEENEENENENNENNENENE
Beaufort 33212232
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRNBMNBM
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 556811121110
Gusts 1211121417181919
Direction NENEENENENENENEENE
Beaufort 22233333
Model NBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 1111121315161715
Gusts 2121222224262627
Direction ENEENEENEENEENEENEENEENE
Beaufort 33344444
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 112281811211123132211131127
AIFS 1191012121210
GFS 243111131418202619231117910
ICON 12211018122115271323920716
HRRR 233712201218————
NBM 173091512211727152711181117
Confidence mediumhighhighhighhighhighhigh

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 northeast: cross-onshore. A bit more surf at the shore and drift along the coast, 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 South Palm BeachQuestions

What's the wind like today in South Palm Beach?

Gentle breeze from the northeast: 11 mph now, peaking at 24 mph at 1:00 am with gusts of 37 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Wednesday 28: up to 24 mph from the east-northeast, with gusts of 37 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is gentle breeze and waves are 6.4 ft. On Wednesday 28, with gusts of 37 mph, take extra care. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Cross-onshore: the coast faces east.

More about South Palm Beach today

Wind near South Palm 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, 6.6 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 11:43 pm (local time).

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