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Wind in Tice

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 7:32 pm (EDT)
Now · from the northeast 7 mph
Gusts
19 mph
Beaufort scale
2 · light breeze
Today's peak
16 mph at 11:00 am
In knots
6 kn
Cross-shore

Today the wind in Tice is a light breeze from the northeast: 5 mph to 16 mph, peaking at 11:00 am with gusts of 30 mph. No strong wind for the rest of the week.

Measured now at the airport

Fort Myers/Page Fld (KFMY), 6.9 mi away · 39 min ago

Wind9 mph from the north-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 5–16 mph · gusts 30 NNE · Beaufort 4
  • Thu 29 4–14 mph · gusts 21 NE · Beaufort 4
  • Fri 30 7–13 mph · gusts 19 NE · Beaufort 4
  • Sat 31 7–14 mph · gusts 21 ENE · Beaufort 4
  • Sun 1 6–11 mph · gusts 17 ENE · Beaufort 3
  • Mon 2 6–11 mph · gusts 15 NNE · Beaufort 3
  • Tue 3 4–9 mph · gusts 13 N · 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) 9111010151487
Gusts 2730292625191519
Direction NNNENNENNENENENENE
Beaufort 33334432
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRR
Thu 29
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 555813121110
Gusts 1613132019171817
Direction NENNENNENENENENENE
Beaufort 22234333
Model HRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRHRRRNBMNBMNBM
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 878911121210
Gusts 1311111316171917
Direction NENNENNENENEENENEENE
Beaufort 32333333
Model NBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBMNBM
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 9781013141311
Gusts 1412121418212017
Direction ENENENEENEENEENEENEENE
Beaufort 32334443
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 173211221324132392513121126
AIFS 16111112121416
GFS 193214261223162711241112109
ICON 153011211326122411201022715
HRRR 16301325—————
NBM 182812181319142111171115913
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 northeast: cross-shore. Drift and current run parallel to the beach.

The coast here faces northwest. 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 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

Questions about the wind in TiceQuestions

What's the wind like today in Tice?

Light breeze from the northeast: 7 mph now, peaking at 16 mph at 11:00 am with gusts of 30 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Wednesday 28: up to 16 mph from the north-northeast, with gusts of 30 mph.

Is it a good day to go fishing by boat?

Today the wind is light breeze and waves are 1.2 ft. No strong gusts expected this week. Always check official warnings before heading out.

Is today's wind onshore or offshore?

Cross-shore: the coast faces northwest.

More about Tice today

Wind near Tice

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); offshore, ECMWF and GFS at the nearest sea grid point, 17 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 7:32 pm (local time).

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