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Wind in Hālawa

Hourly forecast for 7 days · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 7:33 pm (HST)
Now · from the northeast 4 mph
Gusts
12 mph
Beaufort scale
2 · light breeze
Today's peak
5 mph at 8:00 pm
In knots
4 kn
Offshore

Today the wind in Hālawa is a light breeze from the northeast: 1 mph to 5 mph, peaking at 8:00 pm with gusts of 12 mph. The windiest day of the week is Monday 2: up to 13 mph from the northeast, with gusts of 30 mph.

Measured now at the airport

Honolulu (PHNL), 4.5 mi away · 18 min ago

WindCalm
Gusts—
Visibility6.0 mi
WeatherRain, mist

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 1–5 mph · gusts 12 ENE · Beaufort 2
  • Thu 29 4–7 mph · gusts 18 NE · Beaufort 2
  • Fri 30 4–9 mph · gusts 23 NE · Beaufort 3
  • Sat 31 2–6 mph · gusts 16 NE · Beaufort 2
  • Sun 1 4–11 mph · gusts 28 NNE · Beaufort 3
  • Mon 2 8–13 mph · gusts 30 NE · Beaufort 4
  • Tue 3 6–10 mph · gusts 29 NE · 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) 21312244
Gusts 911108791112
Direction NNESENENNEENEEENENE
Beaufort 11101122
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF
Thu 29
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 45567655
Gusts 1111111418181512
Direction NENENENENEENENENE
Beaufort 22222222
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF
Fri 30
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 56679864
Gusts 121313182322178
Direction NENENENEENEENENENNE
Beaufort 22223321
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF
Sat 31
Time 12:00 am3:00 am6:00 am9:00 am12:00 pm3:00 pm6:00 pm9:00 pm
Wind (mph) 33335553
Gusts 877101516137
Direction NNENENEENEENEENENEN
Beaufort 11112221
Model ECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWFECMWF

Do the models agree on the wind?

High confidence

The models agree on the wind for the next few days.

What 4 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 512718923616112813301029
AIFS 811117161515
GFS 69816714810202318241723
ICON 6277311031828123313351336
Confidence highhighhighhighmediumhighmedium

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: offshore. Calm shore and clean waves, but watch the drift out to sea.

On Monday 2, from the northeast: offshore.

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 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 HālawaQuestions

What's the wind like today in Hālawa?

Light breeze from the northeast: 4 mph now, peaking at 5 mph at 8:00 pm with gusts of 12 mph.

Which day is windiest this week?

Monday 2: up to 13 mph from the 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 4.7 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 Hālawa today

Wind near Hālawa

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, 14 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 7:33 pm (local time).

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